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JOHN CALVIN DAVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1933 – September 7, 1970
Service recordJohn Calvin Davis, of Del Norte, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 44
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Del Norte, Colorado (Rio Grande County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 44
- GLENN HARRY ENGLISH JRStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
- DON MCCLELLAND JUSTICECorporal · September 7, 1970
- JULIUS DALE NELSONPrivate First Class · September 7, 1970
- EDDIE JACK PADILLACorporal · September 7, 1970
From Del Norte
- LAMOINE LOWELL SANDVIGStaff Sergeant · July 19, 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.