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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ray Rene Davis.

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RAY RENE DAVIS

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

June 6, 1947 – March 1, 1969

Service record

Ray Rene Davis, of Oakland, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 30W · Line 1

Position of Panel 30W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
June 6, 1947
Home of record
Oakland, California (Alameda County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 1, 1969
Age
21
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 30W, Line 1

From Oakland

All 98 names from Oakland →

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.