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ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORT
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 17, 1942 – March 28, 1969
Service recordRobert Dean Davenport, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 28, 1969, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 68
- SEAN TIMOTHY DORANCorporal · March 28, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE DUKESpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH DUMONTPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- JOSEPH DANIEL GOODALE JRCorporal · March 28, 1969
From Jefferson City
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 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.