Raphael S Davis

Tutwiler, Mississippi

December 2, 2003

Raphael S. Davis and his older brother joined the Mississippi National Guard under the buddy system and were both called to duty in Iraq. Davis of Tutwiler, Miss., was killed Dec. 2 when an explosive device ripped through the Humvee he was driving in a convoy in Tampa, Iraq. His death came less than a month after his girlfriend, Deetra Tucker, gave birth to a boy, Razavier Seon. Davis also had two other children, 6-year-old Raphael Jr. and 5-year-old Ravin.