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WILLIAM WESLEY DAVIS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 3, 1949 – May 2, 1970
Service recordWilliam Wesley Davis, of Brookings, Oregon, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 84
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Brookings, Oregon (Curry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 84
- EDDIE RAY EATMONSergeant First Class · May 2, 1970
- CURTIS GAITHERCorporal · May 2, 1970
- STEVEN JOSEPH GREENLEEWarrant Officer 1 · May 2, 1970
- VASSAR WILLIAM HURT IIIFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WINTHROP DASHSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 83
- EDDIE RAY EATMONSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 84
- STEVEN JOSEPH GREENLEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 84
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.