Placement on the Wall:
Panel 21W Line 117
Name: Ray Gene Davis
Birth Date: 22 Nov 1947 Enid Oklahoma
Death Date: 14 Jul 1969 Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Selective Service
Rank: Sergeant
Military Grade: Sergeant
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Enid, OK
Date of birth: 11/22/1947
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E5
Rank: Sergeant
MOS: 67N20: UH-1 Helicopter Repairer
Length Service: 01
Unit: C TRP, 1ST SQDN, 9TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 07/28/1968
Incident Date: 07/14/1969
Casualty Date: 07/14/1969
Age at Loss: 21
Location: Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Crew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
A Note from The Virtual Wall
Four men of C Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, died in the crash of their UH-1B (tail number 62-02063):
CW2 Ernest Doom Burns, pilot
MAJ Thomas Moody Felton, pilot
SGT Ray Gene Davis, crew chief
PFC Dewey Renee Butler, gunner
The UH-1B was on a night combat support mission in company with an OH-6A LOACH when the two aircraft collided. Both went down, killing all four on the UH-1B. The three crewmen on OH-6A 67-16601 were seriously injured but were recovered and survived.
A recovery team visited the UH-1B crash site and visually identified all four bodies. The remains were brought back to camp, but Butler's body disappeared before an official positive identification could be made. Animal tracks were found leading away from the area and it was belived that his remains had been carried away. His body was not recovered.
| Ray Gene Davis |
© Enid Daily Eagle |
07-1969 |
| Submitted by: Lois Burdick |
Funeral services for Army Staff Sgt.. Ray Gene Davis, 21, 2202 W. Randolph have been set for 2 pm Sunday in the Emmanuel Baptist Church with Rev. Bobby Sunderland and Rev. Stanley Jenkins officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Henninger-Allen Funeral Home.
Sgt. Davis was reported killed in action in the Republic of Vietnam on July 14, 1969 , during a night aircraft collision.
He was a native of Enid and graduated from Enid High School in 1966.
At the time of his death he was a crew chief and helicopter gunner for the United States Army.
He entered the service Dec. 4, 1967 and took his basic training at Ft.. Polk, LA. He went to Virginia for special training before going over seas.
Davis had served his year in Vietnam and was scheduled to return home Sunday.
He is survived by his wife , the former Beverly McIntosh of the home; a son Matthew Ray ; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford R. Davis, 2726 East Cherokee; four sisters, Mrs. Beverly ( John ) Merritt, West Lake, Calif. ; Mrs. Wayne ( Phyllis ) Nighswanger, of Alva; Mrs. Gary ( Luann) Swigett, Lahoma;and Barbara Davis of Enid; one brother Charles of Enid; his maternal grand father, W. H. Blunk, of Marshall..
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