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RONALD LARRY DAVIDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1948 – January 9, 1969
Service recordRonald Larry Davidson, of Miami, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 59
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 1969
- BOBBY JOE DUNHAMSergeant First Class · January 9, 1969
- JOE HENRY ELLISSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- STANLEY STEPHEN GASTONPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN BAUZA-PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 57
- REX WAYNE BLISARDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 58
- JOHN RUSSELL CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 58
- STANLEY STEPHEN GASTONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 59
- BRUCE BRADLEY HARTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 60
- WILLIAM MILLER RIDDLESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 61
- WILBUR JERRY SIEGRISTPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
- RALPH PAUL TERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 62
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.