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Personal info

Full name
DAVENPORT, Charles Robert
Date of birth
21 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Martin County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38608140
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Michamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 2

Immediate family

Members
Angelo Davenport (father)
Emma (Vaughn) Davenport (mother)
Marie Davenport (sister)
Doris Davenport (sister)
Dorothy M. (Powell) Davenport (wife)

More information

Pfc Charles R. Davenport enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 19 January 1944.

He attended high school for 4 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He gave his life saving a wounded buddy in the defense of Bastogne.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Pfc Davenport is remembered at the Evergreen Cemetery in Stanton, Martin County, Texas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Angelo Dawne Butler Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten,www.findagrave.com - Knightchow