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ROBERT HENRY DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – June 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Henry Davis, of Warrensville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 24
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Warrensville, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín 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 58W, Line 24
- MICHAEL LEE DEWLENSecond Lieutenant · June 11, 1968
- BERNARD W DICKERSON JRCorporal · June 11, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE EWINGPrivate · June 11, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · June 11, 1968
From Warrensville
- JAMES ALLEN MALECKELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.