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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Christopher Wilmer Davis.

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CHRISTOPHER WILMER DAVIS

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

June 1, 1942 – March 18, 1967

Service record

Christopher Wilmer Davis, of Belcourt, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16E · Line 104

Position of Panel 16E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
Unit (as recorded)
17 FLD HOSP 44 MED BDE
Born
June 1, 1942
Home of record
Belcourt, North Dakota (Rolette County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 18, 1967
Age
24
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 16E, Line 104

From Belcourt

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.