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JERRY REED DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – February 2, 1969
Service recordJerry Reed Davis, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 501 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 45
- THOMAS TRAMMEL STAPLES IIFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1969
- DANIEL ARK TRESSLER JRSergeant · February 2, 1969
- JAMES BROADUS WHITEStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1969
- RAY MILTON WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
From Columbus
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CLOPTONSergeant · July 2, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
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.