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ROLAND K DAVIS
Major · U.S. Army
May 26, 1938 – January 25, 1968
Service recordRoland K Davis, of Florence, South Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 30
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aviation Staff Officer (2518)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 26, 1938
- Home of record
- Florence, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 30
- JOSEPH LOPEZ BEDOLLASpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- RAYMOND M CASWELLFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1968
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 30
- JOHN JOSEPH FODENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35E, Line 31
- JACK B SUTPHENSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 35
From Florence
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 1968
- DURWOOD CAULDERLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
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.