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THOMAS J DAVIS III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1946 – May 25, 1968
Service recordThomas J Davis III, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 69W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 69W, Line 1
- CHESTER BRISCOE JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES CLIFFORD BUTLER JRCorporal · May 25, 1968
- CHARLES BYRDPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- BRIAN EUGENE CAMPBELLHospitalman · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · Panel 68W, Line 3
- HERBERT WAYNE MOODYCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 1
- JAMES HUNTER SHOTWELLCaptain · Panel 67W, Line 4
- ELMER WAYNE THOMASCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 5
- RICHARD JOHN WEIDNERCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 7
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.