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JAMES WELDON DAVIS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordJames Weldon Davis, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 8
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 8
- ERNIE LEE BURGAMYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- RONALD MYRON CLOUDSergeant · July 4, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE COLLIERSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- JESSIE EDDIE LEE COYStaff Sergeant · July 4, 1968
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.