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WILLIE EDWARD DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1942 – February 18, 1966
Service recordWillie Edward Davis, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 45
- BOB GENE BRUMLEYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- WILLIAM FLOYD COLLIERSergeant · February 18, 1966
- GLENN VERNARD CURRYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- DAMION RANDOLPH HILTSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 44
- BOB GENE BRUMLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- GLENN VERNARD CURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- REYNALDO ROY CAVAZOSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- ANDREW ALBERT GRAZIANOPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- JAMES WESLEY MIZE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- DOMINIC J PREIRA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- WILLIAM CECIL RIGGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 48
- SHEPPARD ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 49
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 50
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.