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MELVIN ERNEST DAVIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1942 – June 6, 1970
Service recordMelvin Ernest Davis, of Saline, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Saline, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 19
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · June 6, 1970
- EVERETTE BRENT CALDWELLSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
- BILLY JOE DEMARCOSergeant · June 6, 1970
- RICHARD DUANE PLINERChief Petty Officer · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RONALD STUTESSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 22
From Saline
- JOHN ROY THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE PEOPLESSpecialist Four · March 15, 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.