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Marine Corps Sgt. Rodney M. Davis, Medal of Honor recipient.
The USS Rodney M. Davis, a guided-missile frigate, leaves port on Aug. 18, 1992.
Episode 2715 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about Marine Corps Vietnam Vet Sgt. Rodney Davis and his Congressional Medal of Honor award. The featured story comes from The U.S. Department of Defense website and was titled: Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Sgt. Rodney Davis. It was submitted by Katie Lange, a writer for DOD News.
Lange, in her story, reported that Marine Sgt. Rodney M. Davis had planned to make a career out of the Corps before the war in Vietnam started. Unfortunately, he never came back from his Southeast Asia deployment, but the bravery Davis showed there earned him the Medal of Honor and a legacy that wouldn’t be forgotten.
Lange added this about Davis, he was born April 7, 1942, in Macon, Georgia. His father, Gordon, served in the Navy during Davis’ childhood, so Davis often helped his older brother take care of their two younger brothers and sister.
Davis graduated from Peter G. Appling High School in May 1961. By the end of that summer, he had enlisted in the Marine Corps. He initially served as a rifleman at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, before doing a three-year tour of duty in England.
At some point during the early days of his military career, Davis married Judy Humphrey. They had two young girls by the time he was sent to serve with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division in Vietnam in August 1967.
In early September 1967, the 1st Marine Division was tasked with protecting locals in the southern part of the Que Song Valley from intimidation during upcoming elections. When one of its companies was attacked by a much larger North Vietnamese force, Davis’ unit, Company B, was called in to help fight the enemy.
Listen to episode 2715 and discover more about Vietnam Vet Marine Corps Sgt. Rodney Davis and his Congressional Medal of Honor award.
