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YALE REZIN DAVIS JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 20, 1933 – November 19, 1968
Service recordYale Rezin Davis JR, of Salina, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 20, 1933
- Home of record
- Salina, Kansas (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 10
- LEWIS RODNEY CAINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN DESROCHERSSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- JERRY EUGENE DOROUGHSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- CALVIN FIELDERStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1968
From Salina
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- THEODORE JANKE JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · July 21, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- GEAROLD LEE BRANDTPrivate First Class · June 10, 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.