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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Thomas Gordon
Date of birth
11 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Walker County, Georgia
Hometown
Rising Fawn, Walker County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34833674
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
Near Lanfroicourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 7 32

Immediate family

Members
John T. Davis (father)
Anna (Price) Davis (mother)
Darris Davis (sister)
Lucy B. Davis (sister)
Luther D. Davis (brother)
Elizabeth I. (Torbett) Davis (wife)
Geralyn A. Davis (daughter)
Chester T. Davis (son)
Mary E. Davis (daughter)

More information

Pvt Thomas G. Davis worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 21 December 1943. He was overseas for only one month when he was killed.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Howton and Hall Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Chattanooga Daily Times 28 October 1944