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RONALD EUGENE DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1950 – September 2, 1968
Service recordRonald Eugene Davis, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 25
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 18, 1950
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 25
- MICHAEL EUGENE CONSTANTINESpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
- CURTIS NEIL EVANSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- JOHNNY FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- JEROME FORTCorporal · September 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 29
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 1969
- HAROLD EDWARD CROWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 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.