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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