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RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 30, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordRichard Shirley Davis JR, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 60W, Line 27
- FRANK ALLOYSIUS CONDONSergeant First Class · June 6, 1968
- LEONARD ERWIN CRUCEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CUPPCorporal · June 6, 1968
- STEVEN FRANCIS DOLIM JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALVA DEAN HENTHORNCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 4
- CLARENCE E HORNBUCKLE JRMaster Sergeant · Panel 59W, Line 5
From Quincy
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PITTSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · August 8, 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.