{"id":3335,"date":"2021-09-18T04:18:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T04:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/?p=3335"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:43:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:43:19","slug":"overton-county-veterans-deaths-in-the-viet-nam-war-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/overton-county-veterans-deaths-in-the-viet-nam-war-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Overton County Veterans&#8217; Deaths in the Viet Nam War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The source of this information is not clearly identified.&nbsp; It may not be a complete listing of Overton Countians lost in service during the Viet Nam War. Clicking on the names goes to more details for each individual hero.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"500\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"100\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th width=\"12\" valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th width=\"180\" valign=\"top\">Name<\/th>\n<th valign=\"top\">Date<\/th>\n<th valign=\"top\">Branch<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honorstates.org\/images\/profiles\/264000\/263367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"411\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorstates.org\/index.php?id=263367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Leslie Bradford<\/a><br \/>\nPrivate First Class<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">08-01-1969<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honorstates.org\/images\/profiles\/270000\/269132.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"411\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorstates.org\/index.php?id=269132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Thomas Davis<\/a><br \/>\nSpecialist 4<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">12-22-1961<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honorstates.org\/images\/profiles\/279000\/278055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"411\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorstates.org\/index.php?id=278055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Larry Hicks<\/a><br \/>\nCorporal<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">08-01-1969<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Army<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/www.honorstates.org\/index.php?do=q&amp;state=TN&amp;county=overton&amp;county=overton&amp;war=Vietnam+Conflict<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h1>A Full Tribute to<br \/>\nSpecialist 4 James Thomas Davis, U. S. Army Security Agency<\/h1>\n<div style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldspooksandspies.org\/davis\/davis.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldspooksandspies.org\/davis\/womack15.jpg\" width=\"321\" height=\"480\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">James T. Davis&#8217; Memorial in Livingston<\/p><\/div>\n<p>James Thomas &#8220;Tom&#8221; Davis, from Livingston, Tennessee, is recognized as the first U. S. service member killed in action in Viet Nam.&nbsp; He died December 22, 1961.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldspooksandspies.org\/davis\/davis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for a tremendous tribute to James Davis at the &#8220;Old Spooks &amp; Spies&#8221; Web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The source of this information is not clearly identified.&nbsp; It may not be a complete listing of Overton Countians lost in service during the Viet Nam War. 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