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JOHN LOUIS DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 25, 1945 – June 11, 1970
Service recordJohn Louis Davis, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 43
- DAVID WILLIAM DELAATLance Corporal · June 11, 1970
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · June 11, 1970
- STEPHEN JAMES GEERLance Corporal · June 11, 1970
- WILLIAM JEFFERY GULLEYSeaman Apprentice · June 11, 1970
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.