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THOMAS WARREN DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1944 – May 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Warren Davis, of Garner, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 103
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Garner, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 103
- HOMER PHILLIP KENDRICKChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 13, 1969
- HARRY WILLIAM KERKSTRASpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- DONALD RAY KRAFTStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- BOBBY GENE LAWRENCESergeant · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL CONNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 96
- DONALD RAY KRAFTStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 103
- LYNN JAY WIESERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 114
From Garner
- DONALD LEE WALLStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ALLEN SHEFFIELD STROUDCorporal · June 17, 1968
- ROBERT CLARK DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1970
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.