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DONALD VANCE DAVIS
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
October 8, 1934 – July 25, 1967
Service recordDonald Vance Davis, of Salisbury, North Carolina, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 25, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 118
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- October 8, 1934
- Home of record
- Salisbury, North Carolina (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
Also on Panel 23E, Line 118
- EDWARD BARDENCorporal · July 25, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- ROBERT MITCHELL CRAIGStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES CROUSELance Corporal · July 25, 1967
From Salisbury
- ROBERT MAXWELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- EDWIN EVERTON MORGANChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE LYERLYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KAY WILLIAM WRIGHTCorporal · July 4, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD HOWELance Corporal · July 16, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- GEORGE FRANKLIN ANTONITISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- DANIEL GUESTChief Petty Officer · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT ERVIN GILMORELance Corporal · February 12, 1969
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.