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EDGAR FELTON DAVIS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 15, 1935 – September 17, 1968
Service recordEdgar Felton Davis, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on September 17, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 TRS
- Born
- December 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 17, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 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
Also on Panel 43W, Line 13
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- DEWAYNE CORBITTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- STEVEN JAMES DAWSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- COLOMBO PHIL DELTERZOSergeant · September 17, 1968
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 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.