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MARVIN ROYCE DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1947 – December 15, 1967
Service recordMarvin Royce Davis, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 15, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 97
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Fire Control Party Man (0849)
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 97
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH CUSHENSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH RUSSELL DAUSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- RICHARD LEE DOOLEYPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CHARLIE K WOODENSergeant · April 11, 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.