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GEORGE FRANCIS MCDAVITT
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – September 16, 1968
Service recordGeorge Francis McDavitt, of Holmes, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Holmes, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 7
- JAMES RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES MOORECorporal · September 16, 1968
- CLYDE EDWARD MORGANSergeant · September 16, 1968
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEFirst Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 11
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.