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PFC Robert Orliff “Tiger” Davis

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PFC Robert Orliff “Tiger” Davis Veteran

Birth
Lee County, Mississippi, USA
Death
12 Aug 1966 (aged 20)
Vietnam
Burial
Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
LW-52-08
Memorial ID
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THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1966

COLORADO CITY ~~ Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church for Pfc. Robert O. (Tiger) Davis, 20, Mitchell County's first Viet Nam Casualty.

Pfc. Davis was a 1964 graduate of Colorado City High School and was attached to 101st Airborne Division. He was killed August 12, in combat in Viet Nam.

The Rev. M. A. Smith, pastor will officiate, assisted by Reverend Caddo Mathews, pastor of Plainview Baptist Church. Burial will be in Colorado City Cemetery with military honors, according to Doyle Kiker of Kiker and Son Funeral Home.

Davis was born November 28, 1945, in Lee County Mississippi, and came to Colorado City with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Davis, in 1952.

Survivors are the parents; four brothers, A.1.C. George Davis Jr., of Thailand, Gene of Colorado City, Darrell and Billy, both of Odessa; three sisters, Mrs. Martha Leech of Hobbs, New Mexico, and Maynette and Rebecca, both of Colorado City.

The body is to arrive by train at 7:15 a.m. Saturday.

Private First Class
HHC, 2ND BN, 502ND INF RGT, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1966

COLORADO CITY ~~ Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church for Pfc. Robert O. (Tiger) Davis, 20, Mitchell County's first Viet Nam Casualty.

Pfc. Davis was a 1964 graduate of Colorado City High School and was attached to 101st Airborne Division. He was killed August 12, in combat in Viet Nam.

The Rev. M. A. Smith, pastor will officiate, assisted by Reverend Caddo Mathews, pastor of Plainview Baptist Church. Burial will be in Colorado City Cemetery with military honors, according to Doyle Kiker of Kiker and Son Funeral Home.

Davis was born November 28, 1945, in Lee County Mississippi, and came to Colorado City with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Davis, in 1952.

Survivors are the parents; four brothers, A.1.C. George Davis Jr., of Thailand, Gene of Colorado City, Darrell and Billy, both of Odessa; three sisters, Mrs. Martha Leech of Hobbs, New Mexico, and Maynette and Rebecca, both of Colorado City.

The body is to arrive by train at 7:15 a.m. Saturday.

Private First Class
HHC, 2ND BN, 502ND INF RGT, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States


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  • Maintained by: Beth
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  • Added: May 8, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19295090/robert_orliff-davis: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Robert Orliff “Tiger” Davis (28 Nov 1945–12 Aug 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19295090, citing Colorado City Cemetery, Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Beth (contributor 46910696).