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DONALD GENE DAVENPORT
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1931 – July 23, 1966
Service recordDonald Gene Davenport, of Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 61
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- November 24, 1931
- Home of record
- Snoqualmie Falls, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 61
- FREDERICK JOHN YOUMANSPrivate · July 22, 1966
- FRED OTIS BAUGH JRLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- JAMES RICHARD BROWNPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- MELVIN FORDSergeant · July 23, 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.