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WILLIAM FORREST DAVIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 4, 1949 – October 8, 1969
Service recordWilliam Forrest Davis, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 49
- ALBERT HAROLD ALTIZERCorporal · October 8, 1969
- JOSEPH HENNING BENSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- CLAUDE ERNEST ELLARD JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- JAMES LEE GASSELINGSergeant · October 8, 1969
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.