“SOLDIER OF THE WEEK”
Staff Sergeant Walter A. Davis was recently named by Col. John R. Kane, station commandant at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, as “Soldier of the Week” in field wide competition. The sergeant, who is the husband of Mrs. Ruth B. Davis, of Osceola, has been awarded a hand engraved silver bracelet for his demonstration of the highest type of soldierly qualities.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Davis, of Leon.
Source: The Leon Journal-Reporter, Thursday, July 27, 1944 (photo included)
Walter Alvin Davis was born May 8, 1916 to Clinton P. and Elizabeth J. Cree Davis. He died Feb. 12, 1997 and is buried in Black Creek Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, MO.
Source: ancestry.com
