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ROBERT WILSON DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – July 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Wilson Davis, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Laboratory Specialist (92B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 10
- WILLIAM LEE CARR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES DANDRIDGE EBERTCaptain · July 19, 1968
- DONALD LEE GIBSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1968
- STANLEY LLOYD GRUNSTADCorporal · July 19, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.