Everett S. Davis
Seaman Second Class • U.S. Navy • Serial 06500751
USS Vincennes
Entered service from New Jersey • Died August 9, 1942
Missing in action or buried at sea — Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Awards: Purple Heart
Introduction
Seaman Second Class Everett Shockley Davis was born in 1925, the seventh child of Elmer W. and Bertha Davis. In 1930 Elmer Davis was operating a truck farm in Delaware Township, NJ. Besides Everett, there were seven other brothers and sisters at home: Anna, Elizabeth, Ruth, Edith, Elmer Jr., Earl, and Delores. Everett Davis was 17 years old when he was killed in action on August 9, 1942, during the Battle of Savo Island. He was survived by his parents, who had moved to 230 Wilbur Avenue in Delaware Township, NJ (now Cherry Hill), and his brothers and sisters.