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JERRY VANOID DAVIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1947 – July 29, 1967
Service recordJerry Vanoid Davis, of Tucker, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 20
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Tucker, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 20
- ERIC MELVIN DEWEYPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN MITCHELL DUDLEYPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH GERALD DUGASPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
From Tucker
- GARY LEE PAYNEPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- JERRY DONNIE REEDLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- GLENN CHRISTIE DUNCANStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
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.