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LUTHER EUGENE DAVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 11, 1947 – May 25, 1970
Service recordLuther Eugene Davis, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 25, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 96
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 96
- LAWRENCE JOE CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- RIOS PABLO G P DELOS JRSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- GARVIN WAYNE DILLSergeant · May 25, 1970
- JAMES EDWIN DOLANSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
From Oak Ridge
- GERALD WAYNE DAVIDSONFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1964
- BENJAMIN LEE IVPrivate First Class · March 17, 1966
- JOSEPH KEITH BRADLEYLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WELSHANMajor · March 3, 1968
- HOYLE TERRY JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- GREGORY JOHN WEBERLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD HIBBARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · April 26, 1970
- JEFF THOMAS BARNETT SRGunnery Sergeant · January 16, 1971
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.