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JOHN CLINTON DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – April 28, 1969
Service recordJohn Clinton Davis, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 69
- HAL CUSHMAN CASTLE JRLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
- ALBERTO GUTIERREZ CORTEZPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- GERALD FRANK COULTHARTSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- JOHN SANFORD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN SANFORD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 69
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.