Timothy P. Davis
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| Age: |
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28 |
| Hometown: |
Aberdeen, WA |
| Date of Death: |
2/28/2009 |
| Incident Location: |
Bagram, Afghanistan |
| Branch of Military: |
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Air Force
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| Rank: |
Ssgt. |
| Unit: |
23rd Special Tactics Squadron
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| Unit's Base: |
Hurlburt Field, Florida |
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Davis grew up in Montesano, graduating from Monte High School in 1999. He was an accomplished wrestler who once took seventh in a state tournament and played on the football team, his mother said.
“Tim was the glue (of our family),” his brother Ben added by phone. “He was always taking charge … protecting me. He was very strong willed, very strong minded. He was just a great person.”
His Aunt Mary recounted a story about the young Davis trying to be tough and fearless. He had decided to take his bike behind Monte High, where there is a large hill, and ride down with no hands on the handlebars and closed eyes. He crashed and came back with his chin split open and bleeding.
When they took him to the hospital, and they injected the local anesthetic into his chin, she said, “he didn’t make a sound. There was never any doubt he was tough.”