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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Virgil Cecil
Date of birth
31 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio
Hometown
Pleasant City, Noble County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35295688
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
69th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Near Arloncourt, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 4 8

Immediate family

Members
Willard C. Davis (father)
Lena (Hagy) Davis (mother)
Robert C. Davis (brother)
Richard A. Davis (brother)
Grant A. Davis (brother)
Fern K. (Larrick) Davis (wife)
Virgil C. Davis (son)

More information

Pvt Virgil C. Davis attended Caldwell High School for three years and was an attendant at a filling station and parking lot before he enlisted in Columbus Ohio on 12 November 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mr. & Mrs. Virgil C. Davis, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Gebhart Family Tree / WWII Young American Patriots / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - WWII Young American Patriots