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WILLIAM STANLEY DAVIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1945 – September 22, 1970
Service recordWilliam Stanley Davis, of Alhambra, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 83
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- September 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 83
- JACKIE RAY BROOKSPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WOODROW MICHAEL CANNADYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- BOBBY GEORGE FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 22, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES GAMBINOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
From Alhambra
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
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.