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JERRY LLOYD DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJerry Lloyd Davis, of Resaca, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Resaca, Georgia (Gordon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 18
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 25, 1968
- GARRY MICHAEL MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- FRANCIS TRAINOR MULVEYCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ARDEN GENE SONNENBERGPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERARD JOSEPH DUNNESergeant · Panel 46W, Line 14
- ROBERT MICHAEL KEENECorporal · Panel 46W, Line 16
- STEVE OWEN NUSSBAUMERSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 19
- JOSE MANUEL PENAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 19
- EDWARD JOHN WOODSSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Resaca
- JERRY KENNETH JORDANSergeant · August 7, 1967
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.