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RONALD CALEB DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1943 – March 26, 1967
Service recordRonald Caleb Davis, of Dongola, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 50
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Dongola, Illinois (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 50
- LEROY WALTER CWIKLAPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- JOSEPH CARMINE DEJESSAPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- JACK TAYLOR DEMPSEYColonel · March 26, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE DICKEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 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.