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ROBERT ROY DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1948 – February 11, 1970
Service recordRobert Roy Davis, of Mason City, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Mason City, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 128
- THOMAS LEE NORWOOD JRCaptain · February 11, 1970
- MARLIN TRENT PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
- MICHAEL DUANE PUETZSergeant · February 11, 1970
- CHARLES MCCLAME SHUMPERTSergeant · February 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JAMES BURNS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 124
- MORGAN LANE CAHOONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 124
- TIMOTHY CHARLES FARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 125
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHULERPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 125
- KENNETH LAVERN KELLERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 126
- PAUL HERBERT KNECHTSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 126
- VINCENT MICHAEL LAROCCASpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 126
- CHARLES THOMAS MALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
- RAYMOND ROSS MOONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
- MARLIN TRENT PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 128
- CHARLES MCCLAME SHUMPERTSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 128
From Mason City
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 11, 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.