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JAMES THOMAS DAVIS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 24, 1937 – July 8, 1967
Service recordJames Thomas Davis, of Hugoton, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 35
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 24, 1937
- Home of record
- Hugoton, Kansas (Stevens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 35
- JAMES L COTTEN JRStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1967
- MERRITT THOMAS COUSINSLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GRANT DELLVONPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- GERALD DUNNLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
From Hugoton
- RONNIE LEE CLARKCorporal · February 25, 1968
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.