Herman Davis State Park, Memphis

Herman Davis State Park is a 1-acre state park in Manila, Arkansas, United States. The park includes the grave of and a memorial to Herman Davis, a U.S. sniper during World War I. The park is located at the junction of Baltimore Avenue and Arkansas Highway 18, south of the city center. It consists of a grassy area, with a concrete walk leading to the memorial. The memorial is a granite obelisk, 25 feet in height, in front of which stands a full-size granite likeness of Davis in his infantry uniform. Davis' remains are buried just behind the monument. The site is the only location in Arkansas associated with Davis, a native of Manila who won distinction in the war for taking out a nest of German machine gunners with his marksmanship. Davis modestly rarely mentioned the awards he received for this and other actions, but was called out by General John J. Pershing, who placed him fourth on a list of 100 heroes of the war. ()