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RICHARD BOUCHE DAVIS JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 7, 1948 – February 11, 1970
Service recordRichard Bouche Davis JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 125
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
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 125
- JIMMY LEE CAMPBELLCorporal · February 11, 1970
- FRED EMERY CARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · February 11, 1970
- TIMOTHY CHARLES FARRELLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHULERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LANNIE RAY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 124
- TIMOTHY LEWIS MCCURLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
- THOMAS LEE NORWOOD JRCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 128
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.