Daniel Richard Davis

Vietnam War
Unit56th Special Operations Wing
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromAtlanta Kentucky
Date of DeathAugust 18 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
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Notes
Captain Davis was a member of the 56th Special Operations Wing, Udorn Airfield, Thailand. On August 18, 1969, he was the pilot of a Cessna Bird Dog Observation Aircraft (O-1A) over the Plain of Jars, Xiangkhoang Province, Laos. His aircraft was shot down 15 miles northeast of Ban Na Mai. His remains were recovered on April 6, 1994 and identified on August 21, 1995. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.