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JOHN TRAVIS DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1924 – May 28, 1969
Service recordJohn Travis Davis, of Clinton, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 84 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 20, 1924
- Home of record
- Clinton, Tennessee (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 7
- GAYLORD MARTIN COUCHCorporal · May 28, 1969
- GARY WAYNE COXSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- FREDERICK N CURTISSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- PATRICK MARTIN DIXONFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1969
From Clinton
- WILLIAM DON DAUGHERTYPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- EDWARD DEAN DISONCorporal · March 3, 1967
- GOMER DAVIS HOSKINS JRSergeant First Class · March 26, 1967
- PHILLIP EDWARD MINTONCorporal · February 18, 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.