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SAMUEL VERNELL DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1949 – December 29, 1968
Service recordSamuel Vernell Davis, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 3
- BILLIE BYRDSergeant · December 29, 1968
- JAMES IRVING CUTLERSergeant · December 29, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES ELLIOT IILieutenant Commander · December 29, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.