Harvey Eugene Davis (1930 - 2003)

Born 30 May 1930 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Died 21 Nov 2003 at age 73 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA

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Biography

Harvey Eugene Davis is buried at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA

Corporal US Army Veteran Korean War. He was seriously wounded in action by a missile. But recovered and rejoined his unit.He was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge for his satisfactory performance of duty in ground combat against the enemy. His unit made two amphibious landings and was the only U S outfit to reach the Manchurian border. Later the same troops took part in the evacuation of the Hungnam beachhead,the largest water evacuation in American military history.

Sources

• U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

• Nevada, Death Index, 1980-2012

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7R9-KCM : accessed 3 September 2018), Harvie Davis in household of George Davis, Ward 1, Danville, Magisterial District 6, Boyle, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-14, sheet 3B, line 53, family 61, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1284.

• Personal information. He was my uncle