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1921 - 1945 (23 years)
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Name |
Lawton "Scat" DAVIS |
Nickname |
Scat |
Birth |
23 Dec 1921 |
Athens, Georgia, USA [1] |
Gender |
Male |
_UID |
BC15CFA9B8BF4D3A851203C229FF101FFA25 |
Death |
16 Jan 1945 |
Belgium [1] |
Burial |
Dec 1947 |
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, Orange County, New York, USA [1] |
Notes |
- findagrave.com:
1LT Lawton “"Scat"” Davis
Birth 23 Dec 1921
Death 16 Jan 1945 (aged 23)
Belgium
Burial
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
West Point, Orange County, New York, USA
Plot Section VII, Site 2
Memorial ID 80001948
Son of Major & Mrs. Thomas F. Davis.
Husband of Francis Minter Davis.
Lawton served as a 1st Lt. in the U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided in Onondaga County, New York prior to the war.
Lt. Davis, a 1943 graduate of West Point, found himself leading a company of G.I.s during the Battle of the Bulge; after a heavy artillery barrage, which wounded many of his men, Lt. Davis led a small patrol to attack the oncoming German infantry, and diverted attention away from those of his men who were attempting to evacuate the wounded.
His actions enabled the wounded to escape to safety, but cost him his life. His was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action, posthumously.
Lt. Davis had been married in June of 1944 to Francis Minter of Roanoke, Virginia; she lost both her husband and her brother during the Battle of the Bulge. [in fact, her brother was killed in North Africa - see John Hunter Minter's Notes].
In December of 1947, final burial services were held at West Point, attended by the Davis family and the Rev. Henry Scott Miller, rector of St. James' Episcopal Church.
He was "Killed In Action" near Beck, Belgium during the war.
Service # O-026360
Additional Info. supplied by Find A Grave Member " FRH ".
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Person ID |
I8240 |
America |
Last Modified |
23 Jan 2019 |
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Sources |
- [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.
- [S253] Virginia, Marriage Records. 1936 - 2014 at ancestry.com, June 2015 and later.
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