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LOREN KEITH DAVEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1936 – April 30, 1968
Service recordLoren Keith Davey, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 18, 1936
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 11
- WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANIPetty Officer Second Class · April 30, 1968
- JOHN R DAGOSTINO JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES DIEDRICHLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · April 30, 1968
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.