Military related information:

Service Number -1390229

Muster Roll Sep-Oct 1917 Camp Logan, Houston, Tx: Enlisted 13 Aug 1917. Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. Absent with Leave 22 Jan to 31 Jan 1918. - Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Sep 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. Sick-in-Hospital - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. Dropped Nov 3rd. - Report KIA.

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Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Died of wounds received in action at Verdun, October 10, 1918, caused by gun shot, buried in American Cemetery, Souilly (Meuse), Grave 109, Section B, Plot 3. Next of kin, Mrs Esther Davis, wife 2017 Park Ave, Chicago.

Remains returned to US on ship Cantigny: October 14, 1921 Thru December 07, 1921.

American Soldiers of World War I
Name: Benjamin S Davis
Estimated Residence Year: Abt 1917
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Estimated Death Year: 1917-1918
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Rank: Private
Military Branch: US Army

Find A Grave www.findagrave.com/memorial/154813964/benjamin-s-davis
PVT Benjamin S. Davis
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 8 Oct 1918
BURIAL
Oak Woods Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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