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REX ALLEN DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1946 – September 10, 1968
Service recordRex Allen Davis, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 16
- MICHAEL J ROWCROFTSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH DRIVEREPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- PATRICK DENNIS FAYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND GASTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
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.