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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Ray Douglas
Date of birth
4 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama
Hometown
Orlando, Orange County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34974341
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
2nd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
Aufhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 30 17

Immediate family

Members
James R. Davis (father)
Lula J. (Paulk) Davis (mother)
Luna M. Davis (sister)
Martha E. Davis (sister)
Roland L. Davis (brother)
Agnes L. Davis (sister)

More information

Pfc Ray D. Davis attended high school for four years and was a driver before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 26 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Pamela Gilliard Wallace
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Pamela Gilliard Wallace