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LARRY FRANKLIN DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – September 15, 1970
Service recordLarry Franklin Davis, of Ellijay, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 64
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Ellijay, Georgia (Gilmer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 64
- AARON VINSONPrivate First Class · September 14, 1970
- ALBERT FRANK AMMANNFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1970
- DAVID FRANKLIN FREEMANSergeant · September 15, 1970
- HAROLD LEE MACDONALDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1970
- LEE DAVID MEADOWSPrivate First Class · September 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BRUCE TOLERCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 67
From Ellijay
- JIMMIE LEE PLUMLEYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- JAMES LOGAN MORRISPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- WILLIAM C BURGESS JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
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.