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ROBERT NELSON DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 13, 1947 – April 26, 1966
Service recordRobert Nelson Davis, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 1
- STANLEY J BENSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- DOYLE EDWARD HOLTZLANDERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- KENNETH DWIGHT MORGANSpecialist Four · April 26, 1966
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 28, 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.