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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Arlie Wayne
Date of birth
20 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas
Hometown
Reseda, Los Angeles, California

Military service

Service number
39722859
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Obergailbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 7 28

Immediate family

Members
Rachel Davis (mother)

More information

Pvt Arlie W. Davis enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 5 January 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
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