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DANIEL RICHARD DAVIS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 10, 1943 – August 18, 1969
Service recordDaniel Richard Davis, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 18, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 59
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Forward Air Controller (1441A)
- Born
- August 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 18, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 59
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
- MARIO P DELEONCorporal · August 18, 1969
- STANLEY HEMAN DICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- ROBERT HUGHES DONAWAYFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1969
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.