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MARVIN HOMER DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – May 10, 1966
Service recordMarvin Homer Davis, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 44
- CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JRLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD BAILEYMajor · May 10, 1966
- LARKIN MCDONALD BEGGS JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE COATESPrivate · May 10, 1966
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 45
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.