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ROBERT DENNIS DAVIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1948 – March 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Dennis Davis, of Swanton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 15
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Swanton, Ohio (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 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
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 15
- PORTER EARL CALLOWAYStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- JOSEPH CARLOS CARVAJALPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD LOY ETCHBERGERChief Master Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- JOE FRANKLIN EVANSStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
From Swanton
- RICHARD MARTIN VASKOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE BRYANStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE NOVAKLance Corporal · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · May 31, 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.