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Dec 22, 2021 · Spc. 4 James T. Davis lost his life tracking down an enemy signal in Vietnam. by Mark D. Raab 12/22/2021. James T. “Tom” Davis was sent to Vietnam in May 1961 with a secretive intelligence unit that went into the field with equipment to pinpoint enemy radio transmitters. (Davis family via Mark Raab)
Jun 1, 2016 · SP4 James T. Davis, USA, KIA June 1, 1936 – December 22, 1961 One of the first Americans to be Killed In Action in Vietnam. SP4 Davis was a direction finding (DF) operator. On 13 May 1961, the first contingent of Army Security Agency personnel arrived in South Vietnam (setting up an organization at Tan…
Originally Created by: Randy Adams. Added: Oct 9, 2002. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6841272. Source citation. Specialist Four, U.S. Army Biography As a child, ‘Tom' as friends called him, loved to hunt and fish and spent his time in the great outdoors of his hometown, Livingston, TN. In high school, he played defensive halfback on the football ...
SP4 James T. Davis was a Radio Direction Finder Operator assigned to 3rd Radio Research Unit, Army Security Group Vietnam, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam (MAAGV).
In 1958, James T. Davis - his friends called him "Tom" - had been pursuing his studies at Tennessee Technological University (TTU) in Cookeville, about 20 miles from his boyhood home of Livingston. Tom's childhood resembled a Norman Rockwell print: excelling on the football field for Livingston Academy, or hunting and fishing in the deep woods ...
Jun 1, 2022 · SP4 James T. Davis, USA, KIA. June 1, 1936 – December 22, 1961. On 13 May 1961, the first contingent of Army Security Agency personnel arrived in South Vietnam (setting up an organization at Tan Son Nhut Air Base) to provide support to the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group and help train the South Vietnamese Army.
The lead tank commander, SSG Spencer Adams, and crew members SP4 Donald M. Dale, 1LT James M. Hill, and SP4 Rex F. Tutor were killed instantly. Infantrymen riding in a M35 2½-ton cargo truck immediately engaged the enemy, but the entire convoy was ambushed. Intense enemy RPG, mortar, and heavy machine gun fire engulfed the besieged convoy.
