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DAVIS, Dayton L - Date of
birth
17 April 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Batavia, Genesee County, New York -
Hometown
Batavia, Genesee County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32139442 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Ammunition Bearer -
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
26 February 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Jülich, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 14 | 2 |
Immediate family
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Members
Dayton Roy Davis (father)
Willis E. Davis (brother)
Donald B. Davis (brother)
Robert G. Davis (brother)
James Davis (brother)
Betty J. Davis (sister)
More information
Pfc Dayton Davis attended Batavia High School and was employed by the Remington-Rand Corporation before he enlisted in Rochester, New York on 27 April 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1942.He was seriously wounded in action on 21 February 1945 and died five days later.
Per author and 29th ID historian Joseph Balkoski in The Last Roll Call: A platoon of the 115th Infantry’s Antitank Company, bivouacked well over a mile behind the front, was resting amid the relatively luxurious comfort of a decrepit Koslar row house cellar when a Luftwaffe bomber came over and dropped two 500-pound bombs on the village. One scored a direct hit on the edifice occupied by the platoon, instantly killing four members and wounding eleven more—roughly 10 percent of the company. The four unlucky ones were T/5 Glenn Bridges, Pfc Robert Arrington, Pfc Dayton Davis, and Pfc Irving De Shong.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, Newspaper Article
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Newspaper Article