VIETNAM - DAVIS, BILLY CHARLES

Davis, Billy Charles

VIETNAM - DAVIS, BILLY CHARLES
DAVIS, BILLY CHARLES

Rank: Specialist 4

Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist

Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge

Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device

Enlisted by: Selected Service

Date of birth: 2-Jul-1948

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

Marital status: Never Married

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Entered service: 18-Apr-1968

Start of tour: 19-Dec-1968

Incident date: 24-Apr-1969

Date of casualty: 24-Apr-1969

Age at death: 20

Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Billy Charles Davis was killed while at a night defensive position when area came under hostile mortar attack. / At night defensive position when area came under hostile mortar attack.

Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 501 484

Place of interment: Fairview Memorial Gardens, Stockbridge, Georgia, USA

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 26W 039 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)