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RONNIE LEE DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – July 7, 1969
Service recordRonnie Lee Davis, of Marion, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 74
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Marion, South Carolina (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 74
- STEVEN KARL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD COLEYSergeant · July 7, 1969
- HAROLD ANTHONY COXSergeant · July 7, 1969
- LEONARD GEORGE GREVILLEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN KARL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 74
- JAMES LOYD OHARASergeant · Panel 21W, Line 77
From Marion
- DANIEL JAMES MACKSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- WILLIAM C FORESpecialist Four · February 11, 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.