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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Buffard
Date of birth
4 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Louisiana
Hometown
Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
34074629
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Ollmuth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 62

Immediate family

Members
Henry L. Davis (father)
Zena (Young) Davis (mother)
Vera Davis (sister)
Evie Davis (sister)
Wallace Davis (brother)
Anne L. Davis (sister)
Artie Davis (sister)
Andra Davis (sister)
Beadie (McClelland) Davis (wife)

More information

T/5 Buffard Davis worked on a farm before he enlisted in Jacksonville AAF, Florida on 13 May 1941.

He is remembered at the Maxie Cemetery in Maxi, Acadia Parish, Louisiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Fruge Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com - Melanie Perry

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Melanie Perry