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Pfc Arnold R. Davis joined the Regular Army at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 22 October 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

S/Sgt Ray Halliburton remembered the following: "Was near the Moselle River, a German 88 exploded right on top of us, air burst in the trees. Like getting hit by lightning. Killed two of my boys, fine boys, I loved the both of them. One died in my arms. He was a good man, had nerve and had guts, smart, too."

He can't quite recall that man's name, however. "Was Lidell, Lyon, something like that," he says, glaring. "He died in three minutes. I held onto him the whole time. He told me to tell his mother."

Casualty lists indicate that the man was Pvt. George DeLisle of Michigan, who was killed in action on 9 September 1944, age 19. The other man was Pvt. Arnold Davis of West Virginia, who died of his wounds a month later.