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DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1942 – October 8, 1963
Service recordDonald Frederick Davidson, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1963
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1963; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 29
- JAMES HAROLD JOHNSON JRCaptain · October 3, 1963
- FRANKLIN RALPH WHITEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1963
- MANUEL REYES DENTONPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 1963
- DANIEL KEPNER LESSIGFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1963
From Shreveport
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- WILMER JAY WILLINGHAMWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 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.