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GARY JAMES DAVIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 7, 1947 – September 17, 1969
Service recordGary James Davis, of Eureka, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 101
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 101
- EDDIE NELSON CORSINOLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- DALE J CRITTENBERGERColonel · September 17, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN DENTONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SERVANTEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE VAN SKILESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 106
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 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.