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WESLEY WAYNE DAVIS
Private · U.S. Army
January 25, 1950 – September 28, 1970
Service recordWesley Wayne Davis, of Queen Creek, Arizona, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Queen Creek, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 97
- JOHN WILLIAM PARSELLSSergeant · September 27, 1970
- ROBERT FRANK RONGA JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- JEFFREY MERLE WHITESpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- BLAKE EDWARD ASTONLance Corporal · September 28, 1970
From Queen Creek
- SIMON ROSALINO MOLINAPrivate First Class · November 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.