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GENE EDMOND DAVIS
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 5, 1928 – March 13, 1966
Service recordGene Edmond Davis, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 13, 1966, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 5
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent (43191)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 ACS
- Born
- April 5, 1928
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 13, 1966
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- 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
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “4 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 5
- DAVID JULIAN GIERPrivate First Class · March 13, 1966
- MARSHALL IRVIN PAULEYChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- EDWARD DAVIS PIERCECaptain · March 13, 1966
- ROBERT ANDREW STREETSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DEAN ARNOLD DUVALLChief Master Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 3
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · Panel 6E, Line 3
- EDWIN EVERTON MORGANChief Master Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 4
- GERALD EVERETT OLSONMajor · Panel 6E, Line 4
- ROBERT EDWARD PASEKOFFLieutenant Colonel · Panel 6E, Line 4
- MARSHALL IRVIN PAULEYChief Master Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 5
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1967
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.