My father, frank herman Davis served in France during WW2. He was also a contender in the Army Golden Gloves during that time. There was a picture and article of him in the boxing ring at that time. I would like to find the picture and article about him

Below is an article from the Stars and Stripes newspaper from September 30, 1955, regarding Frank Davis.  There were several articles about Davis' boxing career between 1954 and 1957 but nothing during World War II.  I don't know if this is your father or not.

Thank you for this research but it is not my father.  I will give you additional information and maybe that will help.  Frank h. Davis,36 798 489, army from December 28,1943 to April 12,1946 . Private First Class honorable discharge.  This was on his certification of military service.  Even through my father was African American he had blue eyes and dark blond hair.  Thank you for your effort.

• I searched the National Archives, World War II enlistment database and found 19 Frank H Davis enlistees none of whom had the army service number you listed. about 13% or 1.5 million records are not included in the database usually do to the poor state of the initial record. as stated above, I did search the Stars and Stripes newspaper which had extensive sports coverage from the early 1940s through the 1950s and found only the above attachments.

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For information on the military service of Frank Herman Davis we suggest that you request a copy of his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for individuals who served with the U.S. Army who were separated from the service after October 1912 and before 1960 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. In many cases where personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. Please complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. Veterans and next of kin of deceased veterans also may use eVetRecs to request records. See eVetRecs Help for instructions. If there is any information requested by the form that you do not know, you may omit it or provide estimates (such as for dates), but the more information you provide, the easier it will be to locate the correct file if it survived the fire. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests. 

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Unfortunately the majority of records in the custody of the National Archives are not name searchable. If you are able to identify the newspaper that published the article please let us know and we will gladly continue searching our records for you. To continue your research we suggest that you contact the Library of Congress. 

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Thank you so much for your help.  I will continue my search.  You have given me a great deal of information to work with.  Thank you.