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VERBIN EUGENE DAVIDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – April 15, 1969
Service recordVerbin Eugene Davidson, of Dickson, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Dickson, Tennessee (Dickson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 90
- JOHN ETHRIDGE MCDONALDCorporal · April 15, 1969
- MARTIN JOHN NICKELSONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- ANTHONY ALPHONSE PROIETTISergeant · April 15, 1969
- WAYNE ROBERT QUARLESLance Corporal · April 15, 1969
From Dickson
- BILLY EUGENE LANKFORDMajor · December 25, 1967
- CHARLES WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- GEORGE W COONE JRSergeant First Class · November 11, 1968
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.