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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Loran Wilson
Date of birth
23 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico
Hometown
Curry County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38583332
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
337th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Lamspringe and Neuhof, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 8 16

Immediate family

Members
Joseph E. Davis (father)
Ellen (Whitaker) Davis (mother)
Mattie C. Davis (sister)
Lorene Davis (sister)
Verlon W. Davis (brother)
L.E. 'Pete' Davis (brother)
Viva M. Davis (sister)
Jack Davis (brother)
Hattie L. (Proffitt) Davis (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102646
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Osnabruck, Germany
Mission: Combat
MACR: 10415

More information

S/Sgt Loran W. Davis graduated from Ranchvale High school and Highland University in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He was an instructor at Utah State Agricultural College.

He entered the Air Corps on 11 November 1943 at Clovis, New Mexico. He trained at Shepart Field, Wichita Fall, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada and Alexandrie, La. and went to England late in August 1944.

A/C encountered severe prop wash and exploded in mid air. Plane exploded in the air and parts spread over 1.5 Miles.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Samrall/Lavinghouse Family Tree / New Mexico WWII Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Clovis News-Journal