Army Sgt. David J. Davis, 32, of Mount Airy, Md.; assigned to 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; died Sept. 17 in Baghdad of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Stryker Armored Vehicle during combat operations in Sadr City, Iraq.
IF HE WAS SCARED, HE NEVER SHARED IT
Davis, who grew up one of four children in western Howard, had been due back at Fort Wainwright this summer but was still in Iraq after he was redeployed, said his sister, Theresa Hadley.
Hadley said her brother had been serving in Iraq since August 2005. He was last home in Maryland in 2004, for Thanksgiving.
"Being a medic, he felt he was where he needed to be, taking care of all the soldiers," said Hadley, 36, of Hagerstown, Md. He didn't say much about life in Iraq in his frequent e-mails to friends and family, she said.
"He just said he's got to do what he's got to do," Hadley said. "He said, 'Stay there and take care of Mom and Dad and don't worry.' If he was scared, he didn't share it."
Hadley said her brother had three stepchildren with his wife, Roberta, whom he met and married while living in Alaska and serving in the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Her brother, who went by "Joe," graduated from Glenelg High School in 1991 and worked mostly in printing jobs before joining the Army three years ago, she said.
He had served with the Lisbon Volunteer Fire Company in Howard since he was 18.
"When he came home on leave, he actually ran calls," Hadley said.
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