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ROBERT GRIFFIN DAVIDSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1946 – October 5, 1966
Service recordRobert Griffin Davidson, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 49
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Glen Burnie, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 49
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ALBERT EUGENE HUFFERLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- MERLIN PHILIP LEGAUXCorporal · October 5, 1966
- PAUL HOLLAND MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
From Glen Burnie
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES DOMINIO YOUNGHAMCorporal · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SHORTERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- HARVEY WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · February 13, 1969
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- WILLIS FRANCIS HOUSEMaster Sergeant · March 13, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN STONE JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- LUTHER JAMES DOSS JRStaff Sergeant · April 30, 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.