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RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 17, 1941 – March 20, 1969
Service recordRicardo Gonzalez Davis, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 20, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 20, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 87
- JOHN MARTIN BURKECorporal · March 20, 1969
- VAUGHN DAVID CONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · March 20, 1969
- DAVID LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- RICHARD RAY MAYNARDSergeant · March 20, 1969
From Carlsbad
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- JACK LLOYD SILLIMANLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
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.