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JOHN JUNIOR DAVENPORT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1940 – July 31, 1965
Service recordJohn Junior Davenport, of Junction City, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Junction City, Kansas (Geary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 46
- LONNIE DALE SNOWLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MILTON KEITH MCNULTYFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1965
- VERNARD JAY SMALLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1965
- DONALD DAVID WATSONFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1965
From Junction City
- GERALD BRUCE EVANSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- CLIFTON WINNINGHAMPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1966
- BERNARD L BLITCHSpecialist Five · September 16, 1966
- DAVE RUSSELL SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · August 12, 1968
- JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMANSergeant · April 19, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL ADAMSSergeant · August 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HARRISSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · September 7, 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.