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MICHAEL DE-WAYNE DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1949 – March 16, 1970
Service recordMichael De-Wayne Davis, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 4
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 4
- THURLE EUGENE CASE JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1970
- GERALD ERNEST CORLETTCorporal · March 16, 1970
- FERNANDO DELA CRUZStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1970
- GUY THOMAS DENTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ERNEST CORLETTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 4
- VINCENT EDWARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 5
- LOUIS CRAIG EMERYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 5
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 5
- JOHN DANIEL INGRUMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 6
- JOSEPH ELISIO ORLANDI JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 8
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.