In Memory of SSGT David Arthur Davidson.
*** Staff Sergeant Davidson was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On October 5, 1970, he was a member of a reconnaissance patrol operating about 12 miles inside Laos west of Ta Bat. The patrol was attacked by a hostile force and Staff Sergeant Davidson was killed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
DAVID ARTHUR DAVIDSON - Army - SSGT - E6 Special Forces
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Mar 8, 1947
From: EAST RIVERDALE, MD
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father :Vernon Walter Davidson Mother: Katie Elva Johnson Dombroski Step Father : Albert Dombroski
* Grandparents: Philip Spencer Johnson & Katie Elva Emmons Johnson, Charles Alfred Davidson & Rhoda Young Davidson.
Great Grandparents: James Spencer Johnson & Dorthea Butts Johnson,Charles Briggs Emmons & Katie Elva Cummins Emmons
He is survived by Four brothers and one sister.
***** Robert Sepi - Recon Teammate at Banmethuot,
I miss you, my friend.SSGT Davidson was actually on his 4th tour in RVN when he went missing on a mission out of CCN.
His tour began on Oct 5, 1970
Casualty was on Oct 6, 1971-Actual day was Oct.5, 1970.
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was not recovered
Panel 07W - Line 112
Other Personnel in Incident: Fred A. Gassman (missing)
In Vietnam, SSgt. David A. Davidson was assigned to Command and Control North, MAC, Vietnam Studies and Observation Group.
On October 5, 1970, Davidson and Sgt. Fred Gassman were members of a joint American and Vietnamese reconnaissance patrol operating about 12 miles inside Laos.
The patrol had established their night position west of Ta Bat when they were attacked by a hostile force. According to the two surviving indigenous patrol members, Davidson was hit once in the head during a long burst of enemy fire while the team was attempting to evacuate the area, and fell down a ridge, after which he lay motionless with what appeared to be a fatal head wound.
Gassman radioed the overhead aircraft that they were being hit from three sides, and that they were low on ammunition and requested an emergency extraction and air strikes.
As he attempted to retrieve the homing device, he stated on the radio, "I've been hit, and in the worst way", followed by several groans before the radio went dead.
The surviving indigenous patrol members said that they last saw Gassman lying motionless with a large hole in his back.
One unsuccessful search and recovery attempt was made shortly after the incident, but further attempts were curtailed due to the difficult situation in the area.
Davidson and Gassman remain missing. All other team
members were successfully extracted.
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Apr 22, 2009
Robinson, Raymond (Robby Robinson), MSG USA(Ret)
wrote: Thanks for creating the page for Baby-san. Davidson and I were together in Co. B 7th SFGA in 1969. We became friends as we both had "baby faces" and were assigned to the same A Team. Both of us came down on orders to go back to Nam at about the same time and out processed together. Baby-san went back to SOG and I went to the Mike Force.
About a year later, I ran into him just before the end of my tour. He asked me what I was going to do and I told him that I would probably head back to Bragg. He said that he had just extended to go up to CCN as CCS was closing. Baby-san asked me to extend also and said that we could be on the same team. He had the 1-2 slot open and said it was mine if I wanted it. I figured his plan was a good as any and I didn't really want to go back to Bragg to pick up pine cones, so i told him that it was a deal. I extended the next day, informed Davidson and was on my home for a 30 day leave in the next week.
When I returned to Vietnam, I reported in to CCN. I told the Recon Company SGM (SGM Billy Waugh), that I was supposed to be on Davidson's team. Things got really quiet in the orderly room and SGM Waugh then informed me that Baby-san had been killed two weeks before. Needless to say, I was stunned. I always thought that Baby-san was invincible. Hell, I always thought that I was invincible, as well! Ah the arrogance of youth! Perhaps the feeling of invincibility is what prompted me to stay in CCN until it closed in 1972.
Anyway, thanks for creating this site. Baby-san was a great guy!
SF Robinson, Raymond, MSG USA(Ret)
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*** Staff Sergeant Davidson was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On October 5, 1970, he was a member of a reconnaissance patrol operating about 12 miles inside Laos west of Ta Bat. The patrol was attacked by a hostile force and Staff Sergeant Davidson was killed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
DAVID ARTHUR DAVIDSON - Army - SSGT - E6 Special Forces
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Mar 8, 1947
From: EAST RIVERDALE, MD
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father :Vernon Walter Davidson Mother: Katie Elva Johnson Dombroski Step Father : Albert Dombroski
* Grandparents: Philip Spencer Johnson & Katie Elva Emmons Johnson, Charles Alfred Davidson & Rhoda Young Davidson.
Great Grandparents: James Spencer Johnson & Dorthea Butts Johnson,Charles Briggs Emmons & Katie Elva Cummins Emmons
He is survived by Four brothers and one sister.
***** Robert Sepi - Recon Teammate at Banmethuot,
I miss you, my friend.SSGT Davidson was actually on his 4th tour in RVN when he went missing on a mission out of CCN.
His tour began on Oct 5, 1970
Casualty was on Oct 6, 1971-Actual day was Oct.5, 1970.
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was not recovered
Panel 07W - Line 112
Other Personnel in Incident: Fred A. Gassman (missing)
In Vietnam, SSgt. David A. Davidson was assigned to Command and Control North, MAC, Vietnam Studies and Observation Group.
On October 5, 1970, Davidson and Sgt. Fred Gassman were members of a joint American and Vietnamese reconnaissance patrol operating about 12 miles inside Laos.
The patrol had established their night position west of Ta Bat when they were attacked by a hostile force. According to the two surviving indigenous patrol members, Davidson was hit once in the head during a long burst of enemy fire while the team was attempting to evacuate the area, and fell down a ridge, after which he lay motionless with what appeared to be a fatal head wound.
Gassman radioed the overhead aircraft that they were being hit from three sides, and that they were low on ammunition and requested an emergency extraction and air strikes.
As he attempted to retrieve the homing device, he stated on the radio, "I've been hit, and in the worst way", followed by several groans before the radio went dead.
The surviving indigenous patrol members said that they last saw Gassman lying motionless with a large hole in his back.
One unsuccessful search and recovery attempt was made shortly after the incident, but further attempts were curtailed due to the difficult situation in the area.
Davidson and Gassman remain missing. All other team
members were successfully extracted.
*****************
Apr 22, 2009
Robinson, Raymond (Robby Robinson), MSG USA(Ret)
wrote: Thanks for creating the page for Baby-san. Davidson and I were together in Co. B 7th SFGA in 1969. We became friends as we both had "baby faces" and were assigned to the same A Team. Both of us came down on orders to go back to Nam at about the same time and out processed together. Baby-san went back to SOG and I went to the Mike Force.
About a year later, I ran into him just before the end of my tour. He asked me what I was going to do and I told him that I would probably head back to Bragg. He said that he had just extended to go up to CCN as CCS was closing. Baby-san asked me to extend also and said that we could be on the same team. He had the 1-2 slot open and said it was mine if I wanted it. I figured his plan was a good as any and I didn't really want to go back to Bragg to pick up pine cones, so i told him that it was a deal. I extended the next day, informed Davidson and was on my home for a 30 day leave in the next week.
When I returned to Vietnam, I reported in to CCN. I told the Recon Company SGM (SGM Billy Waugh), that I was supposed to be on Davidson's team. Things got really quiet in the orderly room and SGM Waugh then informed me that Baby-san had been killed two weeks before. Needless to say, I was stunned. I always thought that Baby-san was invincible. Hell, I always thought that I was invincible, as well! Ah the arrogance of youth! Perhaps the feeling of invincibility is what prompted me to stay in CCN until it closed in 1972.
Anyway, thanks for creating this site. Baby-san was a great guy!
SF Robinson, Raymond, MSG USA(Ret)
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.
In Memory of SSGT David Arthur Davidson.
*** Staff Sergeant Davidson was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On October 5, 1970, he was a member of a reconnaissance patrol operating about 12 miles inside Laos west of Ta Bat. The patrol was attacked by a hostile force and Staff Sergeant Davidson was killed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
DAVID ARTHUR DAVIDSON - Army - SSGT - E6 Special Forces
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Mar 8, 1947
From: EAST RIVERDALE, MD
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father :Vernon Walter Davidson Mother: Katie Elva Johnson Dombroski Step Father : Albert Dombroski
* Grandparents: Philip Spencer Johnson & Katie Elva Emmons Johnson, Charles Alfred Davidson & Rhoda Young Davidson.
Great Grandparents: James Spencer Johnson & Dorthea Butts Johnson,Charles Briggs Emmons & Katie Elva Cummins Emmons
He is survived by Four brothers and one sister.
***** Robert Sepi - Recon Teammate at Banmethuot,
I miss you, my friend.SSGT Davidson was actually on his 4th tour in RVN when he went missing on a mission out of CCN.
His tour began on Oct 5, 1970
Casualty was on Oct 6, 1971-Actual day was Oct.5, 1970.
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was not recovered
Panel 07W - Line 112
Other Personnel in Incident: Fred A. Gassman (missing)
In Vietnam, SSgt. David A. Davidson was assigned to Command and Control North, MAC, Vietnam Studies and Observation Group.
On October 5, 1970, Davidson and Sgt. Fred Gassman were members of a joint American and Vietnamese reconnaissance patrol operating about 12 miles inside Laos.
The patrol had established their night position west of Ta Bat when they were attacked by a hostile force. According to the two surviving indigenous patrol members, Davidson was hit once in the head during a long burst of enemy fire while the team was attempting to evacuate the area, and fell down a ridge, after which he lay motionless with what appeared to be a fatal head wound.
Gassman radioed the overhead aircraft that they were being hit from three sides, and that they were low on ammunition and requested an emergency extraction and air strikes.
As he attempted to retrieve the homing device, he stated on the radio, "I've been hit, and in the worst way", followed by several groans before the radio went dead.
The surviving indigenous patrol members said that they last saw Gassman lying motionless with a large hole in his back.
One unsuccessful search and recovery attempt was made shortly after the incident, but further attempts were curtailed due to the difficult situation in the area.
Davidson and Gassman remain missing. All other team
members were successfully extracted.
*****************
Apr 22, 2009
Robinson, Raymond (Robby Robinson), MSG USA(Ret)
wrote: Thanks for creating the page for Baby-san. Davidson and I were together in Co. B 7th SFGA in 1969. We became friends as we both had "baby faces" and were assigned to the same A Team. Both of us came down on orders to go back to Nam at about the same time and out processed together. Baby-san went back to SOG and I went to the Mike Force.
About a year later, I ran into him just before the end of my tour. He asked me what I was going to do and I told him that I would probably head back to Bragg. He said that he had just extended to go up to CCN as CCS was closing. Baby-san asked me to extend also and said that we could be on the same team. He had the 1-2 slot open and said it was mine if I wanted it. I figured his plan was a good as any and I didn't really want to go back to Bragg to pick up pine cones, so i told him that it was a deal. I extended the next day, informed Davidson and was on my home for a 30 day leave in the next week.
When I returned to Vietnam, I reported in to CCN. I told the Recon Company SGM (SGM Billy Waugh), that I was supposed to be on Davidson's team. Things got really quiet in the orderly room and SGM Waugh then informed me that Baby-san had been killed two weeks before. Needless to say, I was stunned. I always thought that Baby-san was invincible. Hell, I always thought that I was invincible, as well! Ah the arrogance of youth! Perhaps the feeling of invincibility is what prompted me to stay in CCN until it closed in 1972.
Anyway, thanks for creating this site. Baby-san was a great guy!
SF Robinson, Raymond, MSG USA(Ret)
****************************
.
*** Staff Sergeant Davidson was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On October 5, 1970, he was a member of a reconnaissance patrol operating about 12 miles inside Laos west of Ta Bat. The patrol was attacked by a hostile force and Staff Sergeant Davidson was killed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
DAVID ARTHUR DAVIDSON - Army - SSGT - E6 Special Forces
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Mar 8, 1947
From: EAST RIVERDALE, MD
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father :Vernon Walter Davidson Mother: Katie Elva Johnson Dombroski Step Father : Albert Dombroski
* Grandparents: Philip Spencer Johnson & Katie Elva Emmons Johnson, Charles Alfred Davidson & Rhoda Young Davidson.
Great Grandparents: James Spencer Johnson & Dorthea Butts Johnson,Charles Briggs Emmons & Katie Elva Cummins Emmons
He is survived by Four brothers and one sister.
***** Robert Sepi - Recon Teammate at Banmethuot,
I miss you, my friend.SSGT Davidson was actually on his 4th tour in RVN when he went missing on a mission out of CCN.
His tour began on Oct 5, 1970
Casualty was on Oct 6, 1971-Actual day was Oct.5, 1970.
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was not recovered
Panel 07W - Line 112
Other Personnel in Incident: Fred A. Gassman (missing)
In Vietnam, SSgt. David A. Davidson was assigned to Command and Control North, MAC, Vietnam Studies and Observation Group.
On October 5, 1970, Davidson and Sgt. Fred Gassman were members of a joint American and Vietnamese reconnaissance patrol operating about 12 miles inside Laos.
The patrol had established their night position west of Ta Bat when they were attacked by a hostile force. According to the two surviving indigenous patrol members, Davidson was hit once in the head during a long burst of enemy fire while the team was attempting to evacuate the area, and fell down a ridge, after which he lay motionless with what appeared to be a fatal head wound.
Gassman radioed the overhead aircraft that they were being hit from three sides, and that they were low on ammunition and requested an emergency extraction and air strikes.
As he attempted to retrieve the homing device, he stated on the radio, "I've been hit, and in the worst way", followed by several groans before the radio went dead.
The surviving indigenous patrol members said that they last saw Gassman lying motionless with a large hole in his back.
One unsuccessful search and recovery attempt was made shortly after the incident, but further attempts were curtailed due to the difficult situation in the area.
Davidson and Gassman remain missing. All other team
members were successfully extracted.
*****************
Apr 22, 2009
Robinson, Raymond (Robby Robinson), MSG USA(Ret)
wrote: Thanks for creating the page for Baby-san. Davidson and I were together in Co. B 7th SFGA in 1969. We became friends as we both had "baby faces" and were assigned to the same A Team. Both of us came down on orders to go back to Nam at about the same time and out processed together. Baby-san went back to SOG and I went to the Mike Force.
About a year later, I ran into him just before the end of my tour. He asked me what I was going to do and I told him that I would probably head back to Bragg. He said that he had just extended to go up to CCN as CCS was closing. Baby-san asked me to extend also and said that we could be on the same team. He had the 1-2 slot open and said it was mine if I wanted it. I figured his plan was a good as any and I didn't really want to go back to Bragg to pick up pine cones, so i told him that it was a deal. I extended the next day, informed Davidson and was on my home for a 30 day leave in the next week.
When I returned to Vietnam, I reported in to CCN. I told the Recon Company SGM (SGM Billy Waugh), that I was supposed to be on Davidson's team. Things got really quiet in the orderly room and SGM Waugh then informed me that Baby-san had been killed two weeks before. Needless to say, I was stunned. I always thought that Baby-san was invincible. Hell, I always thought that I was invincible, as well! Ah the arrogance of youth! Perhaps the feeling of invincibility is what prompted me to stay in CCN until it closed in 1972.
Anyway, thanks for creating this site. Baby-san was a great guy!
SF Robinson, Raymond, MSG USA(Ret)
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