Herman Davis

Herman Davis
Herman Davis
	Croix de guerre (France)

Herman Davis (January 3, 1888 – January 5, 1923) was a decorated American sniper of World War I.^[1] He was a United States Infantry Private Company I, 113th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division.

Born in

Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The gunners had pinned his platoon down, and his actions secured safety to advance for the platoon. In another instance, Davis shot and killed five enemy crew members that were setting up a machine gun 1,000 yards away in an area they thought was out of range of American troops. Being told the distance was too great, he said, "Why, that is just a good shootin' distance." His marksmanship was attributed to the skill he had developed as a youngster hunting small game in the Big Lake area.^[2]

General

Médaille Militaire awards from the American and French governments. Davis was honorably discharged from the Army on May 29, 1919. After the war, he returned home and died four years later, on January 5, 1923, during an operation related to tuberculosis

that he possibly contracted from exposure to poison gas during the war.

Herman Davis State Park, in his hometown of Manila, a monument located in the park and a street in Manila, honors him. Other streets in Davis' hometown of Manila are named after another military honoree, Admiral George Perry.

References

^ "DAVIS (VETERAN WWI, FAMOUS), HERMAN – Mississippi County, Arkansas | HERMAN DAVIS (VETERAN WWI, FAMOUS) – Arkansas Gravestone Photos". arkansasgravestones.org. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
^ Pegler, Martin (June 2017), "The Allies Strike Back: The Genesis of Sniping, Part 5", American Rifleman, 60–63; 63.

3. The Osceola times. August 31, 1923, Image 1 Arkansas' Greatest Hero Lies in Unmarked Grave Herman Davis memorial Association to Erect Monument https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022982/1923-08-31/ed-1/seq-1/

4. Herman Davis (1888–1923), CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/herman-davis-48/

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[1] "DAVIS (VETERAN WWI, FAMOUS), HERMAN – Mississippi County, Arkansas | HERMAN DAVIS (VETERAN WWI, FAMOUS) – Arkansas Gravestone Photos". arkansasgravestones.org. Retrieved 2018-01-21.

[2] Pegler, Martin (June 2017), "The Allies Strike Back: The Genesis of Sniping, Part 5", American Rifleman, 60–63; 63.

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