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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Charles Jesse
Date of birth
4 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
St. Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois
Hometown
St. Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36070163
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Company,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 1 3

Immediate family

Members
Joel H.I. Davis (father)
Hattie J. (Foster) Davis (mother)
Josephine B. Davis (sister)
Catherine Davis (sister)
William B. Davis (brother)
Geneva Hardiek (fiance)

More information

Pfc. Davis was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek near Nijmegen.

Pfc Charles J. Davis is remembered at Maplewood Cemetery in Saint Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Gary Feezel