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JOSEPH EDWIN DAVIES
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 8, 1940 – May 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph Edwin Davies, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 19, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 497 TFS
- Born
- April 8, 1940
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 19, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “497 TFS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 63E, Line 8
- RICHARD HALL DILLON JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN DENNIS DONOVANSergeant · May 19, 1968
- BENJAMIN THOMAS FOLCKSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- DANNY RAY SWOFFORDSergeant · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN DEWAYNE MCCUBBINMajor · Panel 63E, Line 14
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.