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JOHN EDWARD DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – December 13, 1967
Service recordJohn Edward Davis, of North Platte, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 615 MP CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- North Platte, Nebraska (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 87
- CALVIN DONALD DAWKINSCorporal · December 13, 1967
- JOHN W FITZGERALD JRSergeant First Class · December 13, 1967
- PAUL GEORGE HAMILTON JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
From North Platte
- RUSSELL DEAN NEEDHAMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOURLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS GABRIEL SOTOStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
- LARRY JEROME NEWMANTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.