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Personal info

Full name
DAVIES, John B
Date of birth
19 September 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Iowa
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36904001
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Longeville-lès-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 17 51

Immediate family

Members
John C. Davies (father)
Eleanora J. Davies (mother)
Jane A. Davies (sister)
Elizabeth V. (Haskett) Davies (wife)
John H. Davies (son)

More information

Pfc John B. Davies was a 1931 graduate of the University of Illinois where he received a degree in Commerce & Business Administration.

He was killed in action at the Bridge of the Savage when the Germans blew up the bridge as his company attempted to seize it.

Pfc John B. Davies was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

The picture was taken at University in 1931.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Heidi Hisler Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: University of Illinois