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THOMAS JOEL DAVIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 16, 1947 – April 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Joel Davis, of Placerville, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Single-Engine Single-Rotor Helicopter Repairman (67Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Placerville, California (El Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 38
- THOMAS JAMES DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- AMOS OLIVER FOXMajor · April 23, 1968
- WILLIAM MEDFORD PANGLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HARRY CHILCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- CHARLES STANLEY COXPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · Panel 51E, Line 39
- ANDREW LEROY MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 40
- RONALD OGLESBYSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 41
- JAMES EDWARD RAINBOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 42
From Placerville
- GARY PAUL WORRELLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- DENNIS DALE KRAMERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- GLEN OTIS ERVINSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- LAVERN OREN OENSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- MORTEN ARVID LIND JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE POSTENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · June 9, 1969
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.