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CHARLES LEON DAVIDSON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1926 – March 9, 1966
Service recordCharles Leon Davidson, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 131
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1926
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 131
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID DORFMANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- EDWARD FRANCIS DUNCANLance Corporal · March 9, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DAVID DORFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 131
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 131
- PAUL E LABRECQUE JRCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 132
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 133
- CLARENCE EARL MCKINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 133
- EUGENE FRANCIS ROBINSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 134
From La Crosse
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.