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KELLY RAY DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1951 – July 4, 1970
Service recordKelly Ray Davis, of Arock, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Arock, Oregon (Malheur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 119
- CHARLES LEON MATHEWSLance Corporal · June 7, 1970
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · July 4, 1970
- WILLIAM CLAYTON RAYSergeant · July 4, 1970
- BRUCE WARREN SHURTLEFFPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- JIMMIE FARRELL SLIMPrivate · July 4, 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.