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ROBERT GAYLE DAVISON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 18, 1947 – December 17, 1966
Service recordRobert Gayle Davison, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 17, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 52
- ANTONIO GARCIASergeant · December 17, 1966
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JULIUS GREATHOUSE JRStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1966
- JOHN ELIA HORNPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
- BERNARD JOHN NOVAKStaff Sergeant · February 22, 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.