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RAYMOND RANCE DAVIS
Seaman Recruit · U.S. Navy
September 6, 1953 – October 1, 1972
Service recordRaymond Rance Davis, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Seaman Recruit in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 1, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 77
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Recruit (SR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- September 6, 1953
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 77
- CHARLES WAYNE CLINARDPetty Officer Third Class · October 1, 1972
- RONALD PAUL DALEYSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
- TERRY WAYNE DEALSeaman · October 1, 1972
- WILLIAM H HARRISON IIISeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.