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JOHN WILLIAM DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1946 – July 4, 1967
Service recordJohn William Davis, of Danville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Danville, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- 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 July 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 1
- PHILIP CHARLES CRAIGCommander · July 4, 1967
- ANDREW CURRIEPrivate · July 4, 1967
- CECIL F DIXONSpecialist Five · July 4, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS FEE JRHospitalman · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHERSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 8
- ROBERT A WOODROWSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 8
From Danville
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 29, 1966
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS ENDERBYLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
- KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ROBERT DUANE SHIPMANStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1970
- HARRY STANLEY MASON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1970
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.