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WILSON DAVIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1949 – June 9, 1970
Service recordWilson Davis, of Winnsboro, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 32
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Winnsboro, South Carolina (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 32
- SARKIS DERVISHIANSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- STEVEN LOUIS DOBRYSpecialist Five · June 9, 1970
- ANDREW JOHN ELLIOTTChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 9, 1970
- TIMOTHY FLOYD FEWELLPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SARKIS DERVISHIANSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 32
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
- WILLIE JAMES DAVISCorporal · July 14, 1969
- 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.