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WILLIAM GALAN DAVIDSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1948 – November 11, 1967
Service recordWilliam Galan Davidson, of Filion, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Filion, Michigan (Huron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 71
- JAMES ALLEN COLLIERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- JOHN JAMES COLLINSSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- HAROLD DICKERSONPlatoon Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- RAYMOND RICHARD HOLLOPETERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
From Filion
- WILLIAM HUMPHREY NELSONColonel · July 20, 1966
- JACK LEE CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 21, 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.