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HARLAND M DAVIS JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 14, 1946 – July 7, 1972
Service recordHarland M Davis JR, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 7, 1972, in Thailand, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Bridgeton, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 53
- PHILLIP RANDALL DUFFSergeant · July 7, 1972
- MANUEL ANSELMO FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · July 7, 1972
- THOMAS PATRICK KEOGHStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1972
- FREDERICK M KOSSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1972
From Bridgeton
- KEVIN LEE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- DONALD WILLIS GEBHARTLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- IRVING CLARENCE PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANKLIN N GILES JRSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1968
- EDWARD ORLANDO WYNDERPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- LESTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- OTIS GREENLance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- JAMES WILBERT DERBYSHIREPrivate First Class · April 15, 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.