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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Roy Franklin
Date of birth
24 February 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Opp, Covington County, Alabama
Hometown
State Line, Greene County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34273576
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
38th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 14

Immediate family

Members
James M. Davis (father)
Mariah E. (Stapleton) Davis (mother)
Mildred M. Davis (sister)
Gladys D. Davis (sister)
Birdie M. Davis (sister)
Charlie Davis (half brother)
Fannie Davis (half sister)
Clarence Davis (half brother)
Eva M. Paul (half sister)
Thomas W. Paul (half brother)
Dimple D. Paul (half sister)

More information

Pvt Roy F. Davis enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 17 March 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Overstreet-Weiser tree / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

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