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RICHARD DAVIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1945 – September 27, 1968
Service recordRichard Davis JR, of Mt Vernon, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 27
- GEORGE ALBERT CARTERCorporal · September 27, 1968
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- DELFIN HILARIO COOKStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
- JAMES WALLACE CRAMERSergeant · September 27, 1968
From Mt Vernon
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- RAYMOND COLUMBUS JACKSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · December 31, 1967
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 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.