Houston Lee Davis

Sergeant, U. S. Marine Corps

Silver Star

GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, Philippine Coast Artillery Command, General Orders No. 24 (April 14, 1942)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Platoon Sergeant Houston Lee Davis (MCSN: 219708), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, on April 9, 1942, while serving with Company F, Fourth Marines, Fort Mills, P.I. When an enemy bomb caved in a tunnel sheltering a gun grew of the 91st Coast Artillery (PS), trapping several men therein, Platoon Sergeant Davis, without regard for his personal safety voluntarily left a place of shelter and proceeded a distance of two hundred yards over open ground to the scene of the cave-in and aided in digging out the trapped men. During all of this time, enemy planes were overhead, and dropped bombs nearby during the rescue work.

GENERAL ORDERS:
NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947
CITATION:
Platoon Sergeant Houston Lee Davis (MCSN: 219708), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.