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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 Theodore H Davis.

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THEODORE H DAVIS

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

March 27, 1934 – February 26, 1967

Service record

Theodore H Davis, of Neshaminy, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15E · Line 95

Position of Panel 15E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
March 27, 1934
Home of record
Neshaminy, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 26, 1967
Age
32
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; 24 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 15E, Line 95

Same unit, same day

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.