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LARRY KENT DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1948 – March 18, 1969
Service recordLarry Kent Davis, of Redding, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 67
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 67
- EDWARD CARL DEBOWSpecialist Five · March 18, 1969
- THOMAS MITCHELL DEITZStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- LEONARD DODSONSpecialist Five · March 18, 1969
- JOE BUTLER EASTERNPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BARRETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 65
- DAN MICHAEL BRITTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 65
- MARK FRANCIS DANIELSSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 66
- JOE BUTLER EASTERNPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 67
- JIMMY LEE LARSENSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 70
- WILLIAM LOVETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 71
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.