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WILLIE JAMES DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 29, 1949 – July 14, 1969
Service recordWillie James Davis, of Winnsboro, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 117
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Winnsboro, South Carolina (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 117
- RAY GENE DAVISSergeant · July 14, 1969
- PETER AUGUST DROUHARDSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- ARNOLD FALCON GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
From Winnsboro
- JOHNNY THOMAS BRANHAMPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- JAMES MYER THOMASLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- HAROLD MCGILL RENWICK JRCaptain · February 27, 1968
- STEPHEN RANDOLPH HILTONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- ARCHIE DENNIS CARNELLMaster Sergeant · May 7, 1971
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.