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WILLIAM THOMAS DAVIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1949 – September 24, 1968
Service recordWilliam Thomas Davis, of Crab Orchard, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 6
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
- November 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Crab Orchard, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 6
- JERRY MCCONNELLPrivate · September 24, 1968
- WILLARD FRANKLIN MORELOCKStaff Sergeant · September 24, 1968
- LOUIS ANDREW NIEMEYER JRSergeant · September 24, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN NIEZGODASergeant · September 24, 1968
From Crab Orchard
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1970
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.