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JEFFREY ALAN DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1948 – September 6, 1968
Service recordJeffrey Alan Davis, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 49
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 49
- ROBERT D CRYDERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- LLOYD THOMAS DARLINGCorporal · September 6, 1968
- BENJAMIN TALLY DAWKINSSergeant · September 6, 1968
- SAMUEL MACKAL DEICHELMANNMajor · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HOWARD ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 45W, Line 47
- JAMES EUGENE BARNHILLSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 47
- DEAN ALLAN BELLSpecialist Five · Panel 45W, Line 47
- GREGORY LEE BOMBERRYSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 48
- WILLIAM CANNIONSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 48
- ROBERT O CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 48
- LLOYD THOMAS DARLINGCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 49
- BENJAMIN TALLY DAWKINSSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 49
- JEFFREY ALAN EVANSSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 50
- ROBERT ALLEN GAMBERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 50
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 50
- GEORGE ADEN GERALDSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 50
- MICHAEL LYNN GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 51
- KENNETH BRUCE JENKINSCaptain · Panel 45W, Line 53
- GUS WINSLOW JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 53
- JOHN FRANKLIN KELLYCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 53
- MICHAEL CAREY KOLAROVCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 53
- JIMMY DAVIS LEMLEYSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 54
- STEVE ALLEN LIVENGOODPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 54
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTESCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 54
- EDWIN ALLAN PENNSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 55
- THOMAS WYATT HARRISCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 56
- RANDOLPH SAMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 56
- ROY BENJAMIN SQUIRESSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 57
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.