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PORTER THAD DAVIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1916 – November 26, 1965
Service recordPorter Thad Davis, of Laurel, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 114
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 11, 1916
- Home of record
- Laurel, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1965
- Age
- 49
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 114
- LESTER KEYLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LANE LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 115
From Laurel
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1966
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- COLBEN BENJAMIN STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · April 7, 1969
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.