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RICHARD LLOYD DAVIS
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
March 26, 1948 – August 26, 1968
Service recordRichard Lloyd Davis, of New London, Wisconsin, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Mechanic (CM)
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- New London, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 28
- NORMAN EARL BALDWINCaptain · August 26, 1968
- DWIGHT CLIFFORD COY JRSergeant · August 26, 1968
- JOHN CURTIN IIISpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
- EDWARD DAYLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
From New London
- WINFIELD AUGUST SPOEHR JRCorporal · December 19, 1967
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD MATYASPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · June 9, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1970
- KENNETH HARVEY KANAMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1970
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.