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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Frederick Curtice Davis

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Orfordville, Wisconsin

Honored By

John Peterson

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE WAS KILLED DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR 7 DECEMBER 1941, AND WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS FOR HIS HEROISM AT THE MOMENT OF HIS DEATH, WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FORWARD TO TAKE CHARGE OF AN ANTIAIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN BATTERY, SINCE NO PLANES WERE ONBOARD. IN 1943, THE DESTROYER ESCORT USS FREDERICK C. DAVIS DE-136 WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR.