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JOHN EDWARD DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1946 – October 10, 1967
Service recordJohn Edward Davis, of Cottage Grove, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Cottage Grove, Tennessee (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 84
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- LOREN LESLIE ERTELSpecialist Four · October 10, 1967
- RORY ANTONIO MADDENFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- GERALD FRANK MAYOSergeant · October 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CLIFFORD AUBERTCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 83
- LOREN LESLIE ERTELSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 84
- FREDERICK JAMES MILEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 85
- JAMES BUCKSON MOORELieutenant Colonel · Panel 27E, Line 85
- DENIS OCONNORCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 85
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 86
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.