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MARCUS RAYMOND DAVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1946 – April 4, 1970
Service recordMarcus Raymond Davis, of Evarts, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 92
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Evarts, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 92
- CLARE ARNOLD BARRETTPrivate · April 4, 1970
- JACK WILLIAM CONNERSergeant · April 4, 1970
- JOHN EVERETT DUFFYCaptain · April 4, 1970
- THOMAS EDWIN FRASERPrivate · April 4, 1970
From Evarts
- CURTIS JOHN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- JAMES MURPHY FURGERSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1970
- SAMUEL OLIVER SMALLSpecialist Five · August 30, 1971
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.