Silas Davis
(1898-1918)
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Gravestone, Private Silas Davis, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Gravestone, Private Silas Davis, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Silas Davis
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 6/30/1898, Mount Vernon, Illinois
Birth: 6/30/1898, Mount Vernon, Illinois
Address: not known [draft registration not found]
Demographics: single; Black; native-born citizen
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/25/1917; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/25/1917; rank Private
Service Number: 2336560
Deployment: deployment record not found
Action: Private Silas Davis served in the 372nd Infantry, a segregated African-American regiment that served under French command and was honored by France after the war.
Death: August 21, 1918 at age 19; cause of death Tuberculosis
Death: August 21, 1918 at age 19; cause of death Tuberculosis
Burial: 8/23/1918 buried locally Meuse, France; 6/20/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 9/19/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block H Row 39 Grave 18
Burial: 8/23/1918 buried locally Meuse, France; 6/20/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 9/19/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block H Row 39 Grave 18
Next of Kin: Mrs. Ella McCreary [aka McCoy], 2248 E. 40th St., Cleveland, OH and Mrs. Lulu Davis, stepmother, 9121 Baline Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: His burial card noted that his mother was deceased. His stepmother, Mrs. Lulu Davis [see above], applied for the WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage to visit her stepson's grave in France, but it is not known if she sailed. In the 1922 Cleveland City Directory, she was noted to be employed as a Domestic.
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