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SAMUEL M DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1947 – October 11, 1967
Service recordSamuel M Davis, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 89
- JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDTPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 1967
- DARRELL LEE GIBBONSPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 1969
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.