Name: 1LT William Stanley Davis
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 09/22/1970 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 25.0
Date of Birth: 09/27/1945
Home City: Alhambra, CA
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-262
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 07W-083
Short Summary: On night medivac engine caught fire at 2500 ft burning aircraft before it hit the ground.
Aircraft: CH-46D tail number 152577
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Started Tour: 12/06/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 03
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: PACIFIC VIEW MEMORIAL PARK, CORONA DEL MAR, CA
This record was last updated on 11/07/2013
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