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MICHAEL FRANK DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1949 – June 12, 1969
Service recordMichael Frank Davis, of Waynesville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Waynesville, North Carolina (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 31
- GIOVANNI HENRY CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- ROBERT DENNIS CLATFELTERPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- FRED JACOBOSEN DANIELSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM DOLAN IIIPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN ROBERT ALDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 30
- JAMES FRANCIS ENGELMEIERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 32
- GREY LYNN HAGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 33
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 34
From Waynesville
- FLOYD MILTON FRAZIERTechnical Sergeant · February 11, 1962
- DAVID CHAPPELL BROWNFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- WAYNE EDWARD SEXTONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1968
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- FREDRICK MERVYN HALLCaptain · April 12, 1969
- KEITH DALE MEHAFFEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- CARL BRUCE RAYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE FRADYSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.