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RAY ELBERT DAVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 7, 1934 – October 27, 1966
Service recordRay Elbert Davis, of Glenpool, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 118
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- June 7, 1934
- Home of record
- Glenpool, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 118
- STANLEY SMITH COPE JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- EMMANUEL LLOYD EATONPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- FRANK ANTHONY GLOWIAKSpecialist Four · October 27, 1966
- TERRY LEE GRUBEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
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.