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JOHN MICHAEL DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1950 – August 16, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Davis, of Saxon, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 49
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
- August 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Saxon, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 49
- GEORGE FABIAN BONNETTLance Corporal · August 16, 1969
- ISRAEL ESPARZASergeant · August 16, 1969
- MARK W EVELANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 16, 1969
- JERRY ALLEN FRAKESSergeant · August 16, 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.