Donald N. Davis
Staff Sergeant, United States Army Reserves
December 19, 1961 – August 24, 2004
Age – 42
Saginaw, MI
Operation Iraqi Freedom
660th Transportation Company United States Army Reserve, Zaneville, Ohio
Killed when his tractor truck rolled over an embankment in Fallujah, Iraq
Staff Sergeant Donald N. Davis, 660th Transportation Company, Army Reserve Saginaw, Michigan, was a loving father, husband and son. He graduated from Mayville High School in 1980 and had been in the Army and/or Reserves for 24 years. He was on the Mayville Fire Department and also the Georgia Fire Department while stationed in Georgia. He belonged to the Tuscola County Archers Assoc. And was a life member of the Mayville/Vassar VFW Post #10884. He was a dedicated family man who enjoyed camping, fishing and spending time with his children. He also liked to hunt with his bow and arrows.
A postcard that Donald N. Davis wrote to his wife’s coworkers arrived just hours after they got word of his death. In it, he thanked them for a care package of Kool-Aid, gum and snacks. Then he added a P.S.: “Take good care of Linda, she’s one of a kind.” He was a very dedicated family man. Whatever it took to make kids happy, he did it. Davis came from a military family and enlisted after graduating from high school. His father, Bill Davis, is a veteran, as are many of his siblings. “We are a very patriotic family that believes in serving in the military,” his brother said. “We may not be the best Americans, but we believe we’re good Americans.”