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JAMES MICHAEL DAVENPORT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1948 – May 24, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Davenport, of Port Clinton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Port Clinton, Ohio (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 93
- ROY EDWARD CLARKCorporal · May 24, 1969
- TERRY DESMOND CLARKCorporal · May 24, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY DARDENCorporal · May 24, 1969
- EMMETT LARUE DAVISPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
From Port Clinton
- WILLIAM L MATTHEWS JRLance Corporal · April 15, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY CARSTENSFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1968
- CLYDE WILSON ENDERLEMajor · March 19, 1970
- DAVID MICHAEL KESTERSONPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.