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JOHN HENRY DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1943 – November 3, 1967
Service recordJohn Henry Davis, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 14
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Binh Long 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 29E, Line 14
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- DUANE ELWOOD CARTERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- JOHN CULBERTSON EGGER JRMajor · November 3, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 14
- ERNEST D FUNICELLI JRCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 15
- JAMES THURMAN MORRIS JRPrivate · Panel 29E, Line 16
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.