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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Richard Ernest
Date of birth
10 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia
Hometown
Metuchen, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42014878
Rank
Corporal
Function
Gunner
Unit
C Company,
743rd Tank Battalion,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Magdeburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 6 18

Immediate family

Members
John A. Davis (father)
Countess V. (Martin) Davis (mother)
Eugene B. Davis (brother)
Gerald M. Davis (brother)
Maxine Davis (sister)
William D. Davis (brother)
John Davis (brother)
Kathryn J. (McDevitt) Davis (wife)

More information

Cpl Richard E. Davis was a graduate of Metuchen High School with the class of 1940.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 21 September 1943.

He was killed when a Panzerfaust hit the turret of his tank.

Cpl Davis was the father of two children.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census, www.archives.gov, http://projects.militarytimes.com, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 743rd Tank Battalion, www.newspapers.com - The Central New Jersey Home News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.e-yearbook.com - Metuchen High School Yearbook 1940