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Dozier native Glen Davis dies in World War II mission
Memorial Day recalls Glen M Davis born May 2, 1920 in Wheeler County and raised in Dozier. He blossomed as a churchgoing student, West Texas State College graduate, and Army Air Forces officer who flew B 24 missions over Italy. His Leaky Tub crew was shot down near Steyr Austria during Big Week. he was declared dead and later laid to rest in Shamrock after burial in Germany and France. The Dozier Methodist Church renamed Glen Davis Memorial Church in his honor.
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Texas Panhandle
Glen
Willie M. Davis
Wheeler County
Methodist Church
Dozier
John H. Crow
Mary Lee
Lone Mound
Collingsworth County
Shamrock
West Texas State College
Canyon
Board of
Junior Stewards
L.A. College
Army Air Forces
San Antonio
Uvalde
San Angelo
Glen M. Davis
Lubbock
Alamogordo
Davis
Italy
South America
Africa
Manchuria
Foggia
W.A. Miller
Steyre
Austria
Edward T. Pickard, Jr
2Nd Lt
Air Corps
Pickard, Jr
Steyr
Charles L. Coates
Pickard
War Department
Frank Stockton
Oklahoma City
Washington
Glen Davis
Lambach
Wels
St. Avold
France
United States
Philip H