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WAYNE ROBERT DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 8, 1950 – August 22, 1970
Service recordWayne Robert Davis, of Leominster, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Leominster, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 129
- KENNETH DALE BILLSCorporal · August 22, 1970
- DAVID JAMES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- GLEN ALEX CHAVEZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- JAMES ALLAN DONAHUECorporal · August 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DALE BILLSCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 129
- ROBERT MICHAEL DURALLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 130
- GARY LEE FRAZIERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 130
- LAWRENCE GEIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 130
- ROBERT ONEAL NIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 131
- RONALD LEE YOUNGSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 132
From Leominster
- GEORGE EDWARD ONEILLSecond Lieutenant · September 28, 1966
- FRANKLIN GEORGE HAZZARDLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- BYRON STEVEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- THOMAS MACMILLANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
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.