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Personal info

Full name
DAVENPORT, Roy Homer
Date of birth
30 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Empress, Alberta, Canada
Hometown
St. Louis County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37173215
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Burtonville-Vielsalm, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 34 6

Immediate family

Members
Roy B. Davenport (father)
Frances K. (Enders) Davenport (mother)
Ardath C. Davenport (sister)
Eunice L. Davenport (sister)
Allen D. Davenport (brother)
Edith F. Davenport (sister)
Joan J. Davenport (sister)
Esther P. Davenport (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Roy H. Davenport graduated from Denfield High School. He later attended Duluth Junior College and worked for the Minnesota Highway Department.

He enlisted on 2 April 1942.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - The 75th Infantry Division in Combat, After Action Report 750th Tank Battalion, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1930 Census, family trees http://www.vets-hall.org, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten