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SHERMAN PONDEXTER DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 22, 1950 – July 2, 1970
Service recordSherman Pondexter Davis, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 114
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 114
- DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSONTechnical Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- DAVID LEE BROOKSCorporal · July 3, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- DONALD DUANE CAMPBELLCorporal · July 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY ALLEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 109
- WILLIAM DALE SECORSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 113
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.