Marine Sgt. Zachariah S. Davis
Death: Jan 06, 2005
of Twentynine Palms Calif.; assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Marine Division I Marine Expeditionary Force Twentynine Palms Calif.; killed Jan. 6 by enemy action in Anbar province Iraq. Twentynine Palms Marine killed in Iraq Associated Press TWENTYNINE PALMS Calif. — When Zachariah S. Davis received orders to return to Iraq last summer the 25-year-old Marine sergeant had just witnessed the birth of his second son and was worried about leaving his family. “We talked about it and he said he had a bad feeling” said his father Terry Davis. “But he’s a Marine and he knew he had to go. He understood.” A vehicle commander based at Twentynine Palms Davis was killed on Jan. 6 during enemy action in Iraq’s volatile Anbar province. His family was told the cause was a roadside bomb. The son of a career Marine Davis enlisted after graduating from Twentynine Palms High School and was among the first U.S. troops to infiltrate Baghdad before the war. He worked for the San Bernardino County Fire Department and enjoyed the outdoors and Tom Clancy novels. But much of his time was reserved for his family. Davis was so happy after learning of his wife’s first pregnancy that he did cartwheels he wife said. Later he sang lullabies to his sons. “He wasn’t just a Marine he was also a dad. He was one of the best. You couldn’t ask for better” said his wife Angela. She said she would always treasure an electronic card he e-mailed her from Iraq days before his death. It read: “No matter what I’ll be falling in love with you over and over again every day.” “He wasn’t just my husband he was my best friend” his wife said. Davis was assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Marine Division I Marine Expeditionary Force. During a funeral Friday his casket was carried to the base’s Protestant chapel on one of several fire engines that participated in the service. In addition to his wife and sons Davis is survived by his parents and siblings. Operation Iraqi Freedom