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MICHAEL EDWARD DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – July 5, 1968
Service recordMichael Edward Davis, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 17
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 17
- RAYMOND LEE BUNCH JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH CEGIELSKILance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- JERRY DON DEWBERRYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS LANGLEYSergeant · July 5, 1968
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 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.