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ROBERT FORD DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 7, 1950 – July 6, 1971
Service recordRobert Ford Davis, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 101
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
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 101
- WINDOL WILSON MCNUTTTechnical Sergeant · July 5, 1971
- EDWARD LEWIS MORTIMER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1971
- LAWRENCE WILKERSONStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1971
- DONALD GENE CARRMajor · July 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PAUL RICHARD WITHROWSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 103
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.