Wilbert Claude Davis (1939 - 1965)

Born 10 Dec 1939 in Richland, Pulaski, Missouri, United States

Died 12 Oct 1965 at age 25 in Bình Dương, Vietnam

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Biography

Wilbert was born in 1939. He passed away in 1965.

Buried: Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, Greene Co, MO

Sgt. Wibert C. Davis, 26, who was killed by a land mine in Viet Name and buried yesterday in the National Cemtery was a natural leader and protector of younger children. "All the kids looked up to him," said his grandmother, Mrs. Marion Helms, 1880 North Robberson, last night. "He was no. 1." Sergeant Davis was born in Richland and was the oldest child of Claude Davis and the present Mrs. Ethel Harris of Strafford. [Springfield News-Leader_MO_Sat 1965 10 23 p 6]

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K77T-MJH : Tue Nov 28 16:58:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Claude W Davis and Ethel Davis, 1940.

• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9Z-23WN : Tue Oct 03 12:26:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Claude W Davis and Ethel M Davis, April 1, 1950.

• "United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXZW-XBZ : 12 December 2014), Wilbert Claude Davis, NARA NAID 306742, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXCC-WZ4 : 12 December 2014), Wilbert C Davis, 12 Oct 1965; citing Death, , NARA NAID 641697, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXXY-HF1 : 22 January 2021), Wilbert Claude Davis, 1965.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV7-9MSC : 13 June 2023), Wilbert Claude Davis, ; Burial, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States of America, Springfield National Cemetery; citing record ID 563394, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.