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WALTER EMERSON DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 2, 1948 – May 15, 1969
Service recordWalter Emerson Davis, of Gracemont, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 15
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Gracemont, Oklahoma (Caddo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 15
- EMMETT RUBEN BROWNLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS COBLESergeant · May 15, 1969
- JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERASPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- DEWEY RUSSELL DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNEDY JACQUESCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 16
- TERRY LEE LESHSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 17
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.