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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Steve Clayton Davis.

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STEVE CLAYTON DAVIS

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

August 21, 1946 – May 21, 1967

Service record

Steve Clayton Davis, of Aspermont, Texas, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 21, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20E · Line 72

Position of Panel 20E 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. Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
August 21, 1946
Home of record
Aspermont, Texas (Stonewall County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 21, 1967
Age
20
Province
Phu Yen
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Stroke

Context · from the records

What was happening

52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 20E, Line 72

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.