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JAMES MIKE DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 9, 1948 – June 10, 1970
Service recordJames Mike Davis, of Whittier, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 37
- GARY MICHAEL BOOECorporal · June 10, 1970
- DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVESSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- JAMES LOVES DELMONTSergeant Major · June 10, 1970
- LONNIE ALLEN DYKESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARION BRYAN ANDLERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 36
- JOHN FRANCIS MALONEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 39
- JOHN JOSEPH VARDNERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 41
- EDWIN THOMAS WINTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 42
- SHOJIRO YAMASHITASergeant · Panel 9W, Line 42
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
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.