Name:
Forrest Calvin Davis
Rank:
Private First Class
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Unit:
194th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division
Date of Death:
1944-12-12
State:
Iowa
Cemetery:
Masonic I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Montezuma Iowa
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Forrest Calvin Davis was born on August 22, 1922 in Poweshiek County, Iowa. He was the son of William Edwin Davis and Elsie Isabel Snook Davis. He attended public school in Grinnell. He was united in marriage to the former Arlene Walker of Oskaloosa. Upon entering the army he received training as a paratrooper, and later in glider operations. Forrest served in the Company C, 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division as a Private First Class during World War II. He was one of the 33 service members who were killed on site when a Horsa glider crashed on tookoff on December 12, 1944 at Greenham Common Airbase, England. He is now buried in the Masonic IOOF Cemetery, Montezuma, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA at the age of 22.