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JERALD C DAVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 27, 1933 – April 25, 1969
Service recordJerald C Davis, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 25, 1969, in Thailand, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 27, 1933
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 44
- MICHAEL J COTTERILLAirman First Class · April 25, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- RONALD C DEFORRESTAirman First Class · April 25, 1969
- WARREN C DELANEYTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.