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JOHN WAYNE DAVIDSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1945 – May 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Wayne Davidson, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 7
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · May 19, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM COOPERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JESSIE FRANKLIN CROWPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- PAUL FREEMAN DANIELS JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.