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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Stephan Andrew Davis.

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STEPHAN ANDREW DAVIS

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

August 16, 1950 – January 9, 1972

Service record

Stephan Andrew Davis, of Garland, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2W · Line 95

Position of Panel 2W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Regular
Occupation
Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
August 16, 1950
Home of record
Garland, Texas (Dallas County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 9, 1972
Age
21
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

Two names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 2W, Line 95

From Garland

All 13 names from Garland →

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.