Soldier Story: Donald N. Davis

Each day, we will randomly highlight one service member’s life, and include links and stories. We choose to never forget, and this is our way, before the run, to remember our fallen service members.

A postcard that Donald N. Davis wrote to his wife Linda’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.” Davis, 42, of Saginaw, Mich., died Aug. 24 when a tractor and a tanker trailer rolled over an embankment. He was based in Zanesville, Ohio. The father of two teenage girls, Davis had been in Iraq since late last year. “He was a very dedicated family man,” his brother Alan Davis said. “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,” Alan Davis said. “We may not be the best Americans, but we believe we’re good Americans.”

Information for this story was acquired from In Remembrance.

We will run for Donald on July 1, 2008 outside Bluff, Utah.

Additional links where you may learn more about Donald.
Faces of the Fallen