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ROBERT CHARLES DAVIS
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 23, 1937 – May 2, 1975
Service recordRobert Charles Davis, of Burlington, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 2, 1975, in Laos, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Navigator (1535Z)
- Born
- May 23, 1937
- Home of record
- Burlington, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1975
- Age
- 37
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1975. In May 1975, 42 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Laos, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 18
- STEVEN ALLEN BELLLance Corporal · March 23, 1969
- LARRY JAMES CONKLINSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- HOWARD KIM FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ARTHUR GEHLSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
From Burlington
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- THOMAS ALLEN LOWDENStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1966
- JAMES HORACE KENNARDPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- HAROLD HENASEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- CHESTER MICHAEL RENCEVICZLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- DANIEL OWEN ABERNATHYFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- EZRA BUDD MARTERSergeant · April 1, 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.