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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Harry Edwin
Date of birth
8 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York
Hometown
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York

Military service

Service number
42140305
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Brey, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 39 30

Immediate family

Members
Howard Davis (father)
Lena M. Davis (mother)
Charles F. Davis (brother)
Edith Davis (sister)
Harold R. Davis (brother)
Melvin R. Davis (brother)
Pauline L. (Williams) Davis (wife)

More information

Pfc Harry E. Davis attended high school for two years before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 11 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York State Birth Index / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / New York Marriage License Indexes, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
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