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WILLIE SONNY DAVIS
Private · U.S. Army
April 7, 1947 – October 11, 1968
Service recordWillie Sonny Davis, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 45
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Benton Harbor, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 45
- DOUGLAS COMPTONSpecialist Five · October 11, 1968
- VARISE HELTON CRABTREE JRSpecialist Five · October 11, 1968
- WILLIE C FERGUSON JRLance Corporal · October 11, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS HALEFirst Lieutenant · October 11, 1968
From Benton Harbor
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- BRUCE LOUIS MAROSITESSpecialist Four · March 1, 1966
- LARRY DUANE BUTGEREITSergeant · January 11, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- EUGENE CROSSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ANDREW COOKSergeant · September 20, 1969
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.