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Personal info

Full name
DAVIDSON, William Everett Jr
Date of birth
3 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Broomall, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33941353
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 December 1944
Place of death
Near Diebling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 32 39

Immediate family

Members
William E. Davidson Sr. (father)
Laura Davidson (mother)
Alberta P. (Shannon) Davidson (wife)
Richard J. Davidson (son)

More information

Pvt William E. Davidson Jr. attended high school for two years before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 31 May 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.super6th.org
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