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JOHN GAYLEALON DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1944 – November 24, 1967
Service recordJohn Gaylealon Davis, of Jefferson, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Jefferson, Georgia (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 76
- CLARENCE DARDAR JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- THEODORE ALOYIS DOUGHERTYSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DALE EDWARD EGBERTSeaman · November 24, 1967
- LONNIE BERNARD EVANSPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MILLARD WADE FARBROSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 77
- JAMES EDWARD HAYNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 78
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 80
- RAYMOND PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 80
From Jefferson
- MITCHEL ANTHONY DOWDYSergeant · April 14, 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.