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Personal info

Full name
DAVIDSON, Richard Moye
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Fulton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
O-1823990
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
C Company,
609th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
Near Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 81

Immediate family

Members
Harry R. Davidson (father)
Freda Davidson (mother)
Harry F. Davidson (brother)
Gloria M. Davidson (sister)
Katie J. (Allen) Davidson (wife)
Lynn Davidson (daughter)

More information

1st Lt Richard M. Davidson graduated from Boy’s High School in Atlanta and from Atlanta Business College. He worked for the Federal Reserve Bank before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 6 June 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / William Kennedy Tree / 1930 Census, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com – Coleman / 50thAIB, www.newspapers.com – The Tampa Times - 20 June 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Tampa Times - 20 June 1945