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RICHARD HAROLD DAVIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1944 – April 30, 1970
Service recordRichard Harold Davis, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 72
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 72
- VERNEL COLLINSSergeant First Class · April 30, 1970
- LUTHER JAMES DOSS JRStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1970
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ELSTONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- JACK CHARLES EVERTSSpecialist Five · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VERNEL COLLINSSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 72
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 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.