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WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1941 – December 10, 1965
Service recordWilliam Edward Davis JR, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 8
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 8
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- DONALD ERIC GLICKMANPrivate · December 10, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- TINSLEY BRYANTSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 6
- OMER GENE DARTYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 7
- CLAUDE L JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 9
- ROBERT L KECKLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 9
- L C PITCHFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 10
From Raleigh
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE MOORESergeant · March 25, 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.