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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Robert W
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Rockville Centre, Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
12058835
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Schönberg, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 7 7

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Davis (father)

More information

Pfc Robert W. Davis attended high school for four years before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in New York City, New York on 19 February 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Donald A. Davis, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten