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Personal info

Full name
DAVENPORT, Lloyd Eugene
Date of birth
10 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Altamont, Daviess County, Missouri
Hometown
Cooper, Wayne County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35810906
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 August 1944
Place of death
Near Paris, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 64

Immediate family

Members
Lewis A. Davenport (father)
Hettie Davenport (mother)
Lilia M. Davenport (sister)
Carl S. Davenport (brother)
Stella V. Davenport (sister)
Waneta Davenport (sister)
Ida F. Davenport (sister)
William A. Davenport (brother)
James A. Davenport (brother)
Dorothy O. Davenport (sister)
Relda Davenport (sister)

More information

Pvt Lloyd E. Davenport worked on a farm before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 3 December 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, Company's 4ID After Action Reports, http://1-22infantry.org/kia2/davenportpers.htm
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / JCSMS8939