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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, George Eugene
Date of birth
18 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
Hometown
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34703684
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 11 58

Immediate family

Members
George E. Davis Sr. (father)
Grace Davis (mother)
Glady Davis (sister)
Virginia Davis (sister)
Catherine Davis (sister)

More information

S/Sgt George E. Davis attended high school for three years and worked in a machine shop.

He enlisted at Ft. McClellan, Alabama on 28 January 1943.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: The Birmingham News 14 February 1945