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JAMES THOMAS DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1936 – December 22, 1961
Service recordJames Thomas Davis, of Livingston, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1961, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 RAD RES UT MACV
- Born
- June 1, 1936
- Home of record
- Livingston, Tennessee (Overton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1961
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1961. In December 1961, 1 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 4
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- WALTER HUGH MOONMajor · April 22, 1961
- BRUCE R JONESSergeant · August 10, 1961
- FLOYD STUDERMaster Sergeant · August 15, 1961
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
From Livingston
- JOHN LESLIE BRADFORDPrivate First Class · August 1, 1969
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.