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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Randy Mayo Davis.

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RANDY MAYO DAVIS

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 7, 1947 – May 13, 1970

Service record

Randy Mayo Davis, of Bishopville, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10W · Line 31

Position of Panel 10W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
September 7, 1947
Home of record
Bishopville, South Carolina (Lee County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 13, 1970
Age
22
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 10W, Line 31

Same unit, same day

From Bishopville

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.