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WILLIE LOUIS DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1941 – July 14, 1967
Service recordWillie Louis Davis, of Luverne, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 69
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Luverne, Alabama (Crenshaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 69
- RICARD THOMAS BUNNISLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- ROGER DALE CECILLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- KENNETH LEROY CULVEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 14, 1967
- STEVE BRIAN FENKOPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE ACREEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 68
- KENNETH LEROY CULVEYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 69
- DANIEL ROBERT FLANSAASSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 70
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 70
- JUAN FEDERICO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 70
- FRANCIS D HORLBACKSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 70
- KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMELSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 71
From Luverne
- ALBERT CHARLES POWELLPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
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.