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JEFFREY LYNN DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1951 – April 16, 1970
Service recordJeffrey Lynn Davis, of Pleasanton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 4, 1951
- Home of record
- Pleasanton, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 13
- JOHN FREDERICK DOWNINGStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1970
- JAMES KENNETH FLANNERYFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1970
- DENNIS RALPH HEINZCorporal · April 16, 1970
- EARL HENDERSONPrivate · April 16, 1970
From Pleasanton
- GARY PAUL MEYERPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- JOSEPH MARIO CAGNACCISpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOSEPH CLOUD JRSergeant · November 23, 1967
- ABEL JOSEPH DELA PAZPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD DEAN COVERT JRSergeant · February 14, 1971
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.