Joseph Edward Davis, Jr

The database page for Joseph Edward Davis, Jr

15 Nov 2001 "To live in the hearts we leave behind, is never to have died." (Thomas Campbell, circa 1888) From one who remembers. DavisGlazier@aol.com

03 Sep 2002 The following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987. The special supplement was issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial. "He considered what he had to do and he did it," Davis' father recalled of the young man's decision to join the Marine Corps and fight in Viet Nam. Davis, the oldest of thirteen children, enlisted in the Marines in September 1967 after graduating from West Philadelphia Catholic High School. He wrote home frequently about the plight of Vietnamese children, and believed that by serving in Viet Nam he could make a difference in the children's future. The lance corporal had been on more than 10 combat missions as a rifleman and grenadier with Company E of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He had been wounded twice before dying in Quang Nam Province on November 3, 1968, as the result of wounds inflicted during an air strike by U.S. planes. Davis was 18 years old. Survivors included his father and several brothers and sisters." SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINE! From a native Philadelphian, Marine & West Catholic Burr, Jim McIlhenney christianamacks@earthlink.net

The point-of-contact for this memorial is one who remembers. DavisGlazier@aol.com  15 Nov 2001

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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