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RODNEY OWEN DAVIE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 26, 1944 – July 31, 1967
Service recordRodney Owen Davie, of Park Forest, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 54
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Park Forest, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 54
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- BILLY EDWARD BROWNLance Corporal · July 31, 1967
- HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1967
- EVERETT ALLAN EASTMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · July 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WAYNE BRYA ALLWOODSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 53
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 55
- JAMES ROBERT POGGEMEYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 56
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 57
- ROBERT MICHAEL WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 57
- PAUL EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 58
From Park Forest
- JAMES ALVIN BRANCHLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1965
- JOHN TERRENCE KINGLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM GRANTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- JOSEPH J PASSAVANTI IIICorporal · May 24, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LABUNDYSergeant · June 17, 1968
- GARY ROBERT MCHUGHPrivate First Class · October 29, 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.