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JOHN CLAYTON DAVIS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1942 – August 31, 1968
Service recordJohn Clayton Davis JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 13
- REX GORDON CHRISMANPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- WALTER SCOTT DAVISSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- PETER MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MORRIS GORDON DUNNCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 14
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.