Jefferson D. Davis
Died: December 5, 2001
Rank: Master Sergeant
Unit: 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group
Branch: U.S. Army
Master Sergeant Jefferson “Donnie” Davis was killed on December 5, 2001, when a bomb dropped from a B-52 landed near his position north of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Two other Soldiers were also killed. The 39-year-old Green Beret was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Nearly 1,000 family, friends, and comrades said goodbye to their fallen hero at the Elizabethton High School Gymnasium in Elizabethton, Tennessee, on December 18, 2001, and he was buried with full military honors at Happy Valley Memorial Park.
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