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THOMAS ARTHUR DAVIS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 18, 1942 – April 18, 1969
Service recordThomas Arthur Davis, of Manistee, Michigan, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 107
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Manistee, Michigan (Manistee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 107
- JOHN THOMAS DEPRIESTFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN DITTMERSergeant · April 18, 1969
- RANDALL SHELLEY ELLISSergeant First Class · April 18, 1969
- FRED GUNDER HAUGFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BEECHLY COMBSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 106
- HAROLD LEE ECKERT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 27W, Line 108
- LLOYD WESLEY JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 109
- ROBERT JOSEPH NEVELSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 2
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 4
From Manistee
- DAVID ALLEN BRADSHAWSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DAUNISStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- KENT ROBERT BOLTERPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
- FREDRICK KEITH BRANDTSergeant · December 28, 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.