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DAVIS, Harold Nathan - Date of
birth
14 May 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Pawling, Dutchess County, New York -
Hometown
Dutchess County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-1107385 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
23rd Armored Engineer Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
15 April 1945 - Place of
death
Treadway Bridge across the Saale River
In the vicinity of Brucke, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| I | 2 | 6 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Nathan H. Davis (father)
Rita V. (Casey) Davis (mother)
Dorothy M. Davis (sister)
Doris R. (Cole) Davis (wife)
More information
1st Lt Harold N. Davis was graduated from Pawling High School and attended Syracuse University prior to enlisting at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 13 March 1942. He trained at Camp Polk, Louisiana, after which he attended Officer Candidate school at Fort Belvoir and in Baltimore. Lt Davis had been overseas since the summer of 1943.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.org, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - Poughkeepsie Journal
Photo source: Frank H. Skidmore Jr., Thom Usher-Dutchess County Historical Society