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RICHARD WAYNE DAVIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1949 – January 4, 1969
Service recordRichard Wayne Davis, of Vineland, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Vineland, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 33
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- CHARLES JOHN CATELLISpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- PAUL MICHAEL EVANSLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- GARY DAVID FALKSergeant · January 4, 1969
From Vineland
- JOSEPH FRED HAYESPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LOUIS JOSEPH INFERRERAPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · June 11, 1967
- LANCE NORMAN JENKINSLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- CHARLES CARL ASSELTAFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MOUNTLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- BOBBY MOORERCorporal · May 15, 1968
- JOHN ANGELO KALIVASSergeant · June 7, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN VIEHMANN JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- LEO FRANK GREEN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 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.