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WILLIAM DEWITT DAVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1935 – December 11, 1967
Service recordWilliam Dewitt Davis, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 80
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- 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 December 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 80
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- HOWARD JACOB DEWAALSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- TIMOTHY MORGAN DICKCorporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES FREPPONSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.