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ROY HENRY DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1947 – February 24, 1969
Service recordRoy Henry Davis, of San Luis Obispo, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- San Luis Obispo, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 34
- DUANE MICHAEL DAVISPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- VASILIOS DEMETRISSecond Lieutenant · February 24, 1969
- MICHAEL BERNARD DUFFYPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- JESSE ROGER ELLISONSergeant · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD ST CLAIR LEWISSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 37
From San Luis Obispo
- DENNIS RAY BRUCECorporal · March 22, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL ROBERT MINERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM VAUGHNSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- EDWARD AUGUST SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- JON MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Five · April 4, 1968
- ALFRED MAURO QUIROZCorporal · January 20, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BALDWINCaptain · March 22, 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.