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ROBERT MALCUM DAVENPORT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1945 – February 7, 1969
Service recordRobert Malcum Davenport, of Manteca, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 77
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Manteca, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 77
- GARY JOSEPH COYLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- RICHARD LARRY DAVISPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
- PATRICK ELVIN MCCULLOUGHSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LINWOOD RAY CUMBOPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 80
- JAMES ROBERT SMITHCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 82
From Manteca
- BROCK DENNIS ELLIOTTLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK GEORGE LOPEZSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GOREPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- CARL LEE BORGENSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · March 11, 1969
- JAMES EARL LOWRYLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- WILLIAM LESLIE MORGANAirman First Class · January 24, 1971
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.