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THOMAS JAMES DAVIDSON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1933 – April 23, 1968
Service recordThomas James Davidson, of Wakefield, Michigan, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 38
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 4, 1933
- Home of record
- Wakefield, Michigan (Gogebic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 38
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- AMOS OLIVER FOXMajor · April 23, 1968
- WILLIAM MEDFORD PANGLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
From Wakefield
- DANIEL LEE NEGROPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- CARL IRVING JOHNSONSergeant · June 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.