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ROBERT ORLIFF DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1945 – August 12, 1966
Service recordRobert Orliff Davis, of Colorado City, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 129
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Colorado City, Texas (Mitchell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 129
- JAMES WRIGHTCorporal · August 11, 1966
- DAVID JAY ALLINSONColonel · August 12, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- JOSEPH BERKLEY CROWDERCorporal · August 12, 1966
From Colorado City
- ROBERT WESLEY COOPERSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- JAMES GLENN STANDEFERSergeant · February 18, 1968
- MANUEL GODINE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · October 23, 1969
- RALPH MACK SMITHCorporal · October 27, 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.