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PHILIP GEORGE DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 20, 1948 – August 23, 1968
Service recordPhilip George Davis, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 39
- RONALD LEE CALENTINECorporal · August 23, 1968
- ROGER OVIDE CHARLANDPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- HAROLD LEE CHEADLE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES ALEX COATSLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD GRANTSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 43
- WILLIE JAMES LAMARSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 47
- ROBERT WILLIAM SAWYERSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 53
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.