World War II Honoree

Joseph W. Davis, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Beckley, West Virginia

Honored By

Patricia Davis

Relationship

Wife

SERVED AS A B-24 BOMBARDIER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. COMPLETED 25 COMBAT MISSIONS OVER GERMAN TARGETS. ON HIS LAST MISSION, HIS B-24 WAS SHOT DOWN OVER YUGOSLAVIA. PARACHUTED TO SAFETY BUT WAS CAPTURED AND HELD PRISONER OF WAR AT STALAG LUFT III UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH BATTLE STARS, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.