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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Marcus M
Date of birth
1 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32356187
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Assistant Engineer
Unit
816th Bombardment Squadron,
483rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 July 1944
Place of death
Kimratshofen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Leon Davis (father)
Gussie Davis (mother)
Dorothy D. Davis (sister)
Bernard Davis (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97584
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Manzell, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Dornier airfield facilities
MACR: 6981

More information

T/Sgt Marcus M. Davis was a collector before he enlisted at Fort Jay, New York on 18 June 1942.

The airplane was shot down by enemy aircraft and exploded in midair.

Six crew members survived and were taken prisoner; five men were killed.

According to surviving crew members, T/Sgt Davis was wounded and did not have the time to bail out.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – Patrick White
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel, Rich Fullam