World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
George L. Davidson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Roanoke, Virginia
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, WHO WAS INDUCTED INTO FEDERAL SERVICE FEBRUARY 3, 1941 AT ROANOKE, VIRGINIA. AFTER OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL ‘OCS’ AND PARATROOPER TRAINING, HE SERVED WITH THE REGIMENTAL SERVICE COMPANY, 502ND PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE ‘SCREAMING EAGLES’ DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF HOLLAND, CODE NAME: OPERATION MARKET GARDEN AND JUMPED INTO THE AREA NEAR ARNHEM. KILLED IN ACTION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1944 DURING THE BATTLE OF EINDHOVEN IN THE VICINITY OF SON AND WAS BURIED IN A BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT IN THE WHITMIRE CEMETERY, WHITMIRE, SOUTH CAROLINA.