DAVIS GARY JAMES

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Name: WO1 Gary James Davis
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 09/17/1969 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 22.3
Date of Birth: 06/07/1947
Home City: Eureka, CA
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: B/3/17 CAV
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Flight class: 68-23
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 18W-101
Short Summary: Mid-air with C&C. With WO1 T.V. Skiles.
Aircraft: AH-1G tail number 68-15061
Call sign: STOGIE?
Service number: W3162594
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 100E = Attack Helicopter Pilot
Primary cause: Mid-Air
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: fire or burns
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: aircraft commander
Started Tour: 04/13/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Location: Long An Province III Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Presbyterian
Burial information: OCEAN VIEW CEMETERY, EUREKA, CA
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 07/20/1996


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