Sgt. David A. Davis, age 28, lost his life in his support of Operation Enduring Freedom on September 19, 2009 just four days before he was to come home for R and R.
He was killed in an insurgent mortar attack on an American base as he lay sleeping at Bagram Airfield just north of Kabul in Afghanistan. His wife (my granddaughter Devon) and his children were at home and excitedly awaiting his arrival. He was to never come home again. While they are very saddened at this point, they are blessed with the memories they made in their time together.
David joined the Army in Oct of 2001 and served two tours of duty in Iraq before deploying to Afghanistan in April. In Iraq and Afghanistan, a rolling insurgency has thrust support troops such as David's to the forefront of battle as convoys and logistics bases like Bagram Airfield have become key targets.
David was decorated twice with the Army Commendation Medal and had also earned the Army Achievement Medal during his eight years of proudly serving his country in the United States Army.
He was assigned to the 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 32nd Transportation Company in Fort Carson, Colorado. Sgt.
David A. Davis was born in Dalhart, Texas to Bernard Davis and and Vicky Davis Williamson.
He attended schools in Dalhart and graduated from Dalhart High School. David was fondly remembered by many as somewhat of a cowboy who usually wore boots, jeans, and a hat. He liked the outdoors and he was known as a very good worker and he always had a smile on his face.
In August of 2008, David married my granddaughter, Devon, and loved and cared for her four children as if they were his own and they proudly called him "Daddy". He and Devon were blessed with one child of their own, a daughter, whom they named "Liberty". She had just turned age one when she lost her Daddy to the war in Afghanistan.
Besides his parents, wife, and daughter, he was survived by his brother, Roy, one son, Dustin, from a previous relationship, and the children he gained in his marriage to Devon, Audrianna, Tristan, Montana, and Dylan.
Services were held at the First Baptist Church in Dalhart, Texas.
David was very much loved by all and will be missed so very much as they have to learn how to go on without him.
Upon David's death, he was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
(First picture taken at David's Memorial Service.
Second picture is of Sgt. David A. Davis and his daughter Liberty Ann May.
Third picture is of David, wife Devon, children Audrianna, Tristan, Montana, Dylan, and new baby daughter, Liberty.
Fourth picture is of David's casket being taken into the Funeral Home.)
(David was cremated as per his wish. On September 19, 2012, a portion of David's ashes were interred here in Memorial Park Cemetery on the 3rd anniversary of his death.)
He was killed in an insurgent mortar attack on an American base as he lay sleeping at Bagram Airfield just north of Kabul in Afghanistan. His wife (my granddaughter Devon) and his children were at home and excitedly awaiting his arrival. He was to never come home again. While they are very saddened at this point, they are blessed with the memories they made in their time together.
David joined the Army in Oct of 2001 and served two tours of duty in Iraq before deploying to Afghanistan in April. In Iraq and Afghanistan, a rolling insurgency has thrust support troops such as David's to the forefront of battle as convoys and logistics bases like Bagram Airfield have become key targets.
David was decorated twice with the Army Commendation Medal and had also earned the Army Achievement Medal during his eight years of proudly serving his country in the United States Army.
He was assigned to the 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 32nd Transportation Company in Fort Carson, Colorado. Sgt.
David A. Davis was born in Dalhart, Texas to Bernard Davis and and Vicky Davis Williamson.
He attended schools in Dalhart and graduated from Dalhart High School. David was fondly remembered by many as somewhat of a cowboy who usually wore boots, jeans, and a hat. He liked the outdoors and he was known as a very good worker and he always had a smile on his face.
In August of 2008, David married my granddaughter, Devon, and loved and cared for her four children as if they were his own and they proudly called him "Daddy". He and Devon were blessed with one child of their own, a daughter, whom they named "Liberty". She had just turned age one when she lost her Daddy to the war in Afghanistan.
Besides his parents, wife, and daughter, he was survived by his brother, Roy, one son, Dustin, from a previous relationship, and the children he gained in his marriage to Devon, Audrianna, Tristan, Montana, and Dylan.
Services were held at the First Baptist Church in Dalhart, Texas.
David was very much loved by all and will be missed so very much as they have to learn how to go on without him.
Upon David's death, he was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
(First picture taken at David's Memorial Service.
Second picture is of Sgt. David A. Davis and his daughter Liberty Ann May.
Third picture is of David, wife Devon, children Audrianna, Tristan, Montana, Dylan, and new baby daughter, Liberty.
Fourth picture is of David's casket being taken into the Funeral Home.)
(David was cremated as per his wish. On September 19, 2012, a portion of David's ashes were interred here in Memorial Park Cemetery on the 3rd anniversary of his death.)
Sgt. David A. Davis, age 28, lost his life in his support of Operation Enduring Freedom on September 19, 2009 just four days before he was to come home for R and R.
He was killed in an insurgent mortar attack on an American base as he lay sleeping at Bagram Airfield just north of Kabul in Afghanistan. His wife (my granddaughter Devon) and his children were at home and excitedly awaiting his arrival. He was to never come home again. While they are very saddened at this point, they are blessed with the memories they made in their time together.
David joined the Army in Oct of 2001 and served two tours of duty in Iraq before deploying to Afghanistan in April. In Iraq and Afghanistan, a rolling insurgency has thrust support troops such as David's to the forefront of battle as convoys and logistics bases like Bagram Airfield have become key targets.
David was decorated twice with the Army Commendation Medal and had also earned the Army Achievement Medal during his eight years of proudly serving his country in the United States Army.
He was assigned to the 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 32nd Transportation Company in Fort Carson, Colorado. Sgt.
David A. Davis was born in Dalhart, Texas to Bernard Davis and and Vicky Davis Williamson.
He attended schools in Dalhart and graduated from Dalhart High School. David was fondly remembered by many as somewhat of a cowboy who usually wore boots, jeans, and a hat. He liked the outdoors and he was known as a very good worker and he always had a smile on his face.
In August of 2008, David married my granddaughter, Devon, and loved and cared for her four children as if they were his own and they proudly called him "Daddy". He and Devon were blessed with one child of their own, a daughter, whom they named "Liberty". She had just turned age one when she lost her Daddy to the war in Afghanistan.
Besides his parents, wife, and daughter, he was survived by his brother, Roy, one son, Dustin, from a previous relationship, and the children he gained in his marriage to Devon, Audrianna, Tristan, Montana, and Dylan.
Services were held at the First Baptist Church in Dalhart, Texas.
David was very much loved by all and will be missed so very much as they have to learn how to go on without him.
Upon David's death, he was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
(First picture taken at David's Memorial Service.
Second picture is of Sgt. David A. Davis and his daughter Liberty Ann May.
Third picture is of David, wife Devon, children Audrianna, Tristan, Montana, Dylan, and new baby daughter, Liberty.
Fourth picture is of David's casket being taken into the Funeral Home.)
(David was cremated as per his wish. On September 19, 2012, a portion of David's ashes were interred here in Memorial Park Cemetery on the 3rd anniversary of his death.)
He was killed in an insurgent mortar attack on an American base as he lay sleeping at Bagram Airfield just north of Kabul in Afghanistan. His wife (my granddaughter Devon) and his children were at home and excitedly awaiting his arrival. He was to never come home again. While they are very saddened at this point, they are blessed with the memories they made in their time together.
David joined the Army in Oct of 2001 and served two tours of duty in Iraq before deploying to Afghanistan in April. In Iraq and Afghanistan, a rolling insurgency has thrust support troops such as David's to the forefront of battle as convoys and logistics bases like Bagram Airfield have become key targets.
David was decorated twice with the Army Commendation Medal and had also earned the Army Achievement Medal during his eight years of proudly serving his country in the United States Army.
He was assigned to the 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 32nd Transportation Company in Fort Carson, Colorado. Sgt.
David A. Davis was born in Dalhart, Texas to Bernard Davis and and Vicky Davis Williamson.
He attended schools in Dalhart and graduated from Dalhart High School. David was fondly remembered by many as somewhat of a cowboy who usually wore boots, jeans, and a hat. He liked the outdoors and he was known as a very good worker and he always had a smile on his face.
In August of 2008, David married my granddaughter, Devon, and loved and cared for her four children as if they were his own and they proudly called him "Daddy". He and Devon were blessed with one child of their own, a daughter, whom they named "Liberty". She had just turned age one when she lost her Daddy to the war in Afghanistan.
Besides his parents, wife, and daughter, he was survived by his brother, Roy, one son, Dustin, from a previous relationship, and the children he gained in his marriage to Devon, Audrianna, Tristan, Montana, and Dylan.
Services were held at the First Baptist Church in Dalhart, Texas.
David was very much loved by all and will be missed so very much as they have to learn how to go on without him.
Upon David's death, he was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
(First picture taken at David's Memorial Service.
Second picture is of Sgt. David A. Davis and his daughter Liberty Ann May.
Third picture is of David, wife Devon, children Audrianna, Tristan, Montana, Dylan, and new baby daughter, Liberty.
Fourth picture is of David's casket being taken into the Funeral Home.)
(David was cremated as per his wish. On September 19, 2012, a portion of David's ashes were interred here in Memorial Park Cemetery on the 3rd anniversary of his death.)
Inscription
Sgt David Alan Davis
03/04/1981-09/19/2009
KIA Operation Enduring Freedom
BRONZE STAR
PURPLE HEART
Gravesite Details
David is buried at the foot of his Grandfather Hoyt Davis grave.
