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WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – August 21, 1966
Service recordWilliam Russell Davis, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 24
- DAN STEVEN ALLENPrivate First Class · August 21, 1966
- THOMAS ARTHUR BLANEYPrivate First Class · August 21, 1966
- JAMES REED JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 21, 1966
- MATTHEW JOHN KRISTPetty Officer Third Class · August 21, 1966
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
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.