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Personal info

Full name
DAVIS, Austin Winslow
Date of birth
13 October 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Machias, Washington County, Maine
Hometown
Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31399291
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Lunéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 22 11

Immediate family

Members
Samuel W. Davis (father)
Julia A. (Marston) Davis (mother)
Philip R. Davis (brother)
Woodrow W. Davis (brother)
Donald R. Davis (brother)
Ralph E. Davis (brother)
Gertrude M. Davis (sister)
Clinton M. Davis (brother)
Herbert W. Davis (brother)
Carl E. Davis (brother)
Dorothy M. Davis (sister)
Julien E. Davis (brother)
Wilbur Davis (brother)
Maud T. (Baker) Davis (wife)
Dorothy C. Davis (daughter)
Thomas Davis (son)

More information

Pvt Austin W. Davis attended Cape Elizabeth schools and was employed with the New England Shipbuilding Corporation before he enlisted in Portland, Maine on 11 October 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire to his neck and chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Davis Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - Evening Express-9 May 1945