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William N Davis
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Name: Army Pfc. William N. Davis
Age: 26
From: Adrian, Mich.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas
Incident: Army Pfc. William N. Davis died March 17 in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Also killed were Army Sgt. John E. Allen, Army Sgt. Ed Santini and Army Pfc. John F. Landry Jr.
Died: March 17, 2007
Soldier dies less than a month before son’s scheduled birth
The Associated Press
Age: 26
From: Adrian, Mich.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas
Incident: Army Pfc. William N. Davis died March 17 in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Also killed were Army Sgt. John E. Allen, Army Sgt. Ed Santini and Army Pfc. John F. Landry Jr.
Died: March 17, 2007
Soldier dies less than a month before son’s scheduled birth
The Associated Press
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A 26-year-old soldier who was due back home in less than a month for the birth of his son has been killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb that exploded beneath the Humvee he was driving, his mother said.
Relatives of William Davis, of Grand Rapids, said they were notified March 17 that he had died late last week. They did not know where in Iraq he was killed.
“Billy was coming home. His wife was going to have induced labor. He was going to see the baby before he had to go back,” a tearful June Davis told The Grand Rapids Press on March 19.
William Davis’ father served in the military in the Vietnam War, and a grandfather...
Occupation
the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas
Incident
Army Pfc. William N. Davis died March 17 in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Also killed were Army Sgt. John E. Allen, Army Sgt. Ed Santini and Army Pfc. John F. Landry Jr.
Prayers & Messages
William N Davis
2007-03-31
Thank you for the gift you gave my family and to America. Never will there be enough thanks. Men and women like this give and keep our freedom. again I thank you for loving our country and a family you never knew