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WALTER SCOTT DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 20, 1943 – August 31, 1968
Service recordWalter Scott Davis, of Pasadena, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 13
- REX GORDON CHRISMANPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · August 31, 1968
- JOHN CLAYTON DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- PETER MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSELieutenant Colonel · Panel 45W, Line 13
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 14
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
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.