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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Fredric Bruce Davis.

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FREDRIC BRUCE DAVIS

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

April 29, 1947 – January 14, 1973

Service record

Fredric Bruce Davis, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1973, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 46E · Line 50

Position of Panel 46E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Born
April 29, 1947
Home of record
Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 14, 1973
Age
25
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1973; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 46E, Line 50

From Santa Clara

All 35 names from Santa Clara →

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.