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RAY GENE DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1947 – July 14, 1969
Service recordRay Gene Davis, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 117
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 117
- WILLIE JAMES DAVISCorporal · July 14, 1969
- PETER AUGUST DROUHARDSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- ARNOLD FALCON GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST DOOM BURNSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21W, Line 115
- DEWEY RENEE BUTLERCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 116
- THOMAS MOODY FELTONMajor · Panel 21W, Line 116
- JAMES HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 117
- RALPH ALVIN WELLINGHOFFCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 122
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 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.