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ROBERT CHARLES DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1947 – June 28, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Davis, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 9
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- ERNEST PETTWAY DAVISSergeant · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM NEAL DODSON JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD JOERENZO HERRINGSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 11
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.