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RICHARD JOHN DAVIS
Captain · U.S. Army
June 10, 1936 – May 10, 1967
Service recordRichard John Davis, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1967, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 80
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 10, 1936
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 80
- ALFRED LEE BROWNCorporal · May 10, 1967
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS DIXONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS LAMAR FOYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEE CANNONPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 78
- AILEY BERDEAN HURLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 82
- RONALD EDWARD YOUNGSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 88
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · 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.