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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Kenneth Joe Davis.

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KENNETH JOE DAVIS

Sergeant · U.S. Army

October 13, 1934 – February 4, 1969

Service record

Kenneth Joe Davis, of Lake City, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 33W · Line 55

Position of Panel 33W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
Born
October 13, 1934
Home of record
Lake City, Tennessee (Anderson County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 4, 1969
Age
34
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 33W, Line 55

From Lake City

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.