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MICHAEL JOHN DAVIDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1946 – May 12, 1967
Service recordMichael John Davidson, of Cassville, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Cassville, Wisconsin (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 93
- ROBERT BERNTSENPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK CLOVER JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD COLLENEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
From Cassville
- RICHARD HENRY JUNKSergeant · May 20, 1968
- MAURICE JOHN HAASSergeant · August 30, 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.