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SAMUEL LUTHER DAVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1928 – April 6, 1968
Service recordSamuel Luther Davis, of Thomasville, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1928
- Home of record
- Thomasville, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48E, Line 25
- MARK OWEN CHARETTESergeant · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
- PAUL PATRICK DAVISPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- JACK DENNIS DOWNSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- PAUL FRANCIS NEWMAN JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELMER WILLIAM BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 24
- DANNY EUGENE GUTHRIECorporal · Panel 48E, Line 27
- DEAN GILMAN OWENSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 31
- LUIS GUILLERMO SCAMARONIPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 34
From Thomasville
- VANN DWAIN SHERRILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 23, 1965
- WAYNE VASTER WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
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.