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RICHARD LARRY DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1947 – February 7, 1969
Service recordRichard Larry Davis, of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Red Lion, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 77
- GARY JOSEPH COYLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- ROBERT MALCUM DAVENPORTSergeant · February 7, 1969
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
- PATRICK ELVIN MCCULLOUGHSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED ALAN GATESCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 78
- MICHAEL LYNN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 80
From Red Lion
- LONNY LEROY MITZELAirman Second Class · January 9, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH CRISWELLPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- JEFFERY ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 22, 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.