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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Robert James
Date of birth
7 March 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Hickman, Scott County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38664047
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Scheidgen, Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 6

Immediate family

Members
Dallas L. (Houston) Davis (wife)
Sybil J. Davis (son)
Norman Davis (son)
Jessie Davis (son)
Shirley Davis (daughter)

More information

Pvt Robert J. Davis was a railroad section hand before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / O’Neill Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery