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KENNETH DAVIS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 19, 1947 – February 25, 1969
Service recordKenneth Davis, of Zanesville, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 45
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Zanesville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; 60 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31W, Line 45
- ROBERT ALLEN COFFEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- CLIFFORD DALE COMBSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE CURTISPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- WALTON GARLAND DALEYCorporal · February 25, 1969
From Zanesville
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RICKY LEE HULLWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1968
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOWPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.