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JOSEPH WILLIAM DAVIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 29, 1950 – February 16, 1970
Service recordJoseph William Davis, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Radar Crewmember (17B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 18
- JAMES ALAN BARNESStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1970
- GEORGE OLIVER BOATWRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN CARTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
- BILLY DUANE CRELIACorporal · February 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALAN BARNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 18
- J D MILLERSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 19
- EDEWIN CLEO HARMONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 20
- PASTOR FRANCISCO RUIZStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 21
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.