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FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – June 7, 1969
Service recordFrederic Hutchison Davis, of Union Lake, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 98
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Union Lake, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 98
- WILLIAM CARL COSTAPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH DART JRStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
- LARRY CHARLES DAVISONLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 97
- STEPHEN EARL LARSENPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 102
- JOHN STEPHEN LEWISCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 103
- MICHAEL WILLIAM OLEARYSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 103
- JOHN RANDALL PONTIERESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 105
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 106
- RAYMOND THURL TALBURTSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 107
From Union Lake
- JAMES RAY LAUDICINASergeant · September 9, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL CAINPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES EVANSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS LEO TAFFEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- CHARLES RAY HENLEYSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- GORDON E MYERSCorporal · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · May 5, 1969
- JOSEPH CHARLES CHISHOLMSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
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.