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JOHN EDWIN DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 19, 1948 – August 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Edwin Davis, of San Pablo, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- San Pablo, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 5
- DONNY RAE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- SAMUEL RODGER CASTELLANOPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT DALTONSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 9
From San Pablo
- GEORGE STEVE FRANKLINSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- DENNIS RAY HEIHNPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- DENNIS ALBERT PRENTICESpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- MORRIS ALLAN NOBLECorporal · June 17, 1967
- STANLEY ROY UDINGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- LITTLE JAY JACKSONSpecialist Five · March 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN ROSEFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- GARY DEAN HUMPHRIESCaptain · January 26, 1969
- JACK DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
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.