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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Oneal Ednie
Date of birth
16 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Driggs, Logan County, Arkansas
Hometown
Washburn, Sebastian County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
37066146
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of La Hollande-Himbaumont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 7 10

Immediate family

Members
Perry Davis (father)
Bessie A. (Phillips) Davis (mother)
Auda L. Davis (sister)
Roy I. Davis (brother)
Ray F. Davis (brother)
Osborne Davis (brother)
Flora M. Davis (sister)
Winona J. Davis (sister)
Eugene O. Davis (brother)
Juanita K. Davis (sister)
Uneeda A. Davis (sister)

More information

Pfc Oneal E. Davis worked on the family farm before he enlisted in June 1941.

From December 1943 till March 1944, he was hospitalized in Italy for malaria.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Divison WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy