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JOHN B DAVIS III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1941 – July 7, 1966
Service recordJohn B Davis III, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 4
- MARSHALL BURKE JRSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- ANTHONY JOHN GUSTINSergeant First Class · July 7, 1966
- A T HOWELLPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- WARREN W COBLEYSergeant First Class · July 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOHN GUSTINSergeant First Class · Panel 9E, Line 4
- JOHN LEON KUKTELIONISSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 5
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE MOORESergeant · March 25, 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.