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GERALD WAYNE DAVIDSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1940 – June 29, 1964
Service recordGerald Wayne Davidson, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- May 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1964. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 56
- WAYNE ALLEN ARAKAKIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- FREDDY DEAN DODSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1964
From Oak Ridge
- BENJAMIN LEE IVPrivate First Class · March 17, 1966
- JOSEPH KEITH BRADLEYLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WELSHANMajor · March 3, 1968
- HOYLE TERRY JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- GREGORY JOHN WEBERLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD HIBBARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · April 26, 1970
- LUTHER EUGENE DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
- JEFF THOMAS BARNETT SRGunnery Sergeant · January 16, 1971
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.