Davis, Leroy W., S/Sgt

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Last Rank
Staff Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Aviation

Last Primary MOS
AAF 941-Aerial Photographer

Last MOS Group
Aviation (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1941-1944, AAF 941, USAAF 15th Army Air Force

Service Years
1941 - 1944

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Staff Sergeant

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Personal Details

Home State

West Virginia

West Virginia

Year of Birth
1914

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Casualty Info

Home Town Keyser, Mineral County	Last Address Not Specified

Casualty Date Apr 20, 1944
Cause Hostile, Died while Missing	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Tunisia	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment North Africa American Cemetery - Tunis, Tunisia	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

Official Badges

Honorably Discharged WW II

Unofficial Badges

Military Association Memberships

Military Order of the Purple Heart

World War II Fallen


	1944, Military Order of the Purple Heart - Assoc. Page
	1944, World War II Fallen [Verified]

WWII - European-African-Middle Eastern Theater/Naples-Foggia Campaign (1943-44)
From Month/Year August / 1943	To Month/Year January / 1944
Description (Naples-Foggia Campaign 18 Aug 1943-21 Jan 1944 (Air); 9 Sep 1943-21 Jan 1944 (Ground) After Allied bombardment of communications and airfields in Italy, Montgomery crossed the Strait of Messina on 3 September 1943 and started northward. Five days later Eisenhower announced that the Italian Government had surrendered. Fifth Army, under Clark, landed at Salerno on g September and managed to stay despite furious counterattacks. By 18 September the Germans were withdrawing northward. On 27 September Eighth Army occupied the important airfields of Foggia, and on I October Fifth Army took Naples. As the Allies pushed up the peninsula, the enemy slowed the advance and brought it to a halt at the Gustav Line.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year August / 1943	To Month/Year January / 1944

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories

Units Participated in Operation
1st Armored Division
327th Military Police Battalion
3rd Military Police Company, 3rd Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division
504th Military Police Battalion
501st Military Police Company, 1st Armored Division
54th Military Police Company
59th Military Police Company

My Photos From This Battle or Operation

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Adamovich, Paul A., PFC, (1942-1944)

Adams, Lucian (MOH), S/Sgt, (1943-1945)

Adkins, Raymond, PFC, (1942-1945)

Akins, William, T/Sgt, (1940-1950)

Almond, Edward Mallory, LTG, (1916-1953)

Angileri, Joseph, T/Sgt, (1942-1946)

Antolak, Sylvester, Sgt, (1942-1944)

Antolak, Sylvester, Sgt, (1941-1944)

Arner, George Allen, 1LT, (1941-1944)

Arness, James, Cpl, (1943-1945)

Ashing, James, Pvt, (1943-1944)

Avona, Tom G, PFC, (1942-1945)

Bald Eagle, David William, Sgt, (1936-1944)

Baranek, Mike, Sgt, (1941-1945)

Barb, Charles F, Sgt, (1942-1945)

Barfoot, Van Thomas, COL, (1940-1974)

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Bayha, Harry R., Pvt, (1940-1943)

Belensky, Michael W., 1LT, (1941-1943)

Bennett, Frank Amapalla, Sgt, (1940-1943)

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Bernholz, Charles H., T/5, (1942-1945)

Bigley, George Carl, SFC, (1942-1965)

Blalock, Dennis F., COL, (1941-1971)

Blalock, Dennis Ferrell, COL, (1941-1970)

Bland, Charles K., Sgt, (1943-1945)

Bohon, Boyd, Cpl, (1943-1945)

Bohoney, Joe, Pvt, (1943-1945)

Bond, William Ross, BG, (1940-1970)

Bosworth, Raymond, S/Sgt, (1943-1945)

Bower, William Marsh, COL, (1940-1947)

Boyd, Paul Bernard, PFC, (1942-1944)

Bradford, Vernia Odis, Cpl, (1941-1943)

Bradshaw, Charles R, Pvt, (1942-1943)

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Busey, Frederick M., PFC, (1942-1944)

Busher, Charles W., PFC, (1943-1944)

Butts, Emory Thomas, Pvt, (1943-1944)

Caffey, Eugene Mead, MG, (1918-1956)

Cantrell, James, Sgt, (1940-1945)

Cervantes, Robert L., PFC, (1943-1944)

Chambers, Jesse R., S/Sgt, (1941-1945)

Channell, Fred Eldridge, PFC, (1942-1945)

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Childers, Ernest L., LTC, (1937-1965)

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Clark, Mark Wayne, GEN, (1917-1953)

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Conner, Garlin Murl, 1LT, (1941-1945)

Connor, James Phillip, Sgt, (1941-1945)

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Crabtree, James, S/Sgt, (1940-1944)

Crain, Morris E., T/Sgt, (1943-1945)

Crooks, Leonidas M., 1st Sgt, (1942-1945)

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Diemer, Forrest Wayne, S/Sgt, (1941-1945)

Duck, Howard Arthur, LTC, (1941-1950)

Dumais, Albert Claude, PFC, (1941-1944)

Eatman, Harold Lee, 1st Sgt, (1942-1945)

Eddy, George, T/5, (1942-1945)

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