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JOHN K DAVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1943 – February 26, 1967
Service recordJohn K Davis, of Ft Jackson, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Jackson, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 94
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS CARNOSKEPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- BRADLEY CHAVISSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- JUAN GARCIASpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOHN GINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 95
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 95
- WARREN FRANCIS MUHRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 98
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 99
From Ft Jackson
- JACK THOMAS JRSergeant · January 31, 1966
- HARRY LEE BOLESSergeant · October 3, 1969
- RICHARD HENRY FANNINGCorporal · April 26, 1971
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.