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Army Spc. Shawn M. Davies
Died July 8, 2004 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
22, of Aliquippa, Pa.; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas; died July 8 of a non-combat related illness in Baghdad.
Heart attack takes life of Pa. soldier in Iraq
Associated Press
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — A soldier from Pennsylvania has died in Iraq.
Spc. Shawn Michael Davies, 22, of Aliquippa, fell over and stopped breathing at a recreational facility near Baghdad on July 8, Army spokesman Maj. Greg Yesko said.
Davies was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division Regiment, based out of Fort Hood, Texas.
Davies, who was engaged to be married, was active in sports during high school. Medical checkups revealed no problems then or before he joined the Army, relatives said.
He graduated from Hopewell High School and was sent to Iraq earlier this year.
Pa. soldier who died of heart attack buried
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — A Beaver County soldier who died in Iraq of cardiac arrest was buried Saturday as friends and relatives remembered him as a friend, son, fiance and soldier.
Spc. Shawn Davies, 22, of Hopewell Township, died July 8 after he fell over and stopped breathing at a recreation facility near Baghdad. Previous medical checkups had revealed no problems, relatives said. The Army is investigating.
That Davies didn’t die in combat doesn’t diminish his contribution to the effort in Iraq or lessen the grief his loved ones feel, said Brig. Gen. Robert E. Durbin.
Durbin presented Davies’ parents, Ron and Martha Davies, with a Bronze Star, a Commendation Medal and a Good Conduct Medal for their son’s service. Later they were given the flag that draped Davies’ casket during the funeral.
Davies joined the Army in 2002 and was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division Regiment, based at Fort Hood, Texas.
He was buried at Beaver Cemetery following a funeral Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Hopewell.
— Associated Press