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LEWIS ANTHONY DAVIS
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
November 29, 1951 – March 17, 1971
Service recordLewis Anthony Davis, of Taylors, South Carolina, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 17, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 54
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
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Born
- November 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Taylors, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 54
- ENRIQUE ROSARIO SANTOSSergeant · March 16, 1971
- RICHARD LEE BAUMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 17, 1971
- MICHAEL JOSEPH S DEPAULChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 17, 1971
- CRAIG MITCHELL DIXStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1971
From Taylors
- LARRY EMERSON POTTERCorporal · July 16, 1966
- DAVID D DAVENPORT JRPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES LEE BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- MARVIN WHITNER BOWENCorporal · January 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON TRUSTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 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.