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WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1947 – January 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam James Davidson JR, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 53
- JOHNIE RAY BARBERSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JOE DAVID BROWNSergeant First Class · January 28, 1968
- THEODORE CHRYSTYNYCZPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- EDWARD KENT PETERSCorporal · January 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY JOHN SINTICSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 57
From Coatesville
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- DONALD RUSSELL BURTONSergeant · April 2, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- JAMES CALVIN MARKEL JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · April 22, 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.