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Soldier From Jacksonville Receives Purple Heart

POSTED: Monday, May 22, 2006
UPDATED: 7:39 pm EDT May 22, 2006

A soldier born in Jacksonville was recently honored with a Purple Heart.
Dennis Davis II
Pvt. 2nd Class, Dennis Davis II

Pvt. 2nd Class Dennis Davis II attended Andrew Jackson High School. He joined the United States Army in July 2005, and was deployed to Iraq on Jan. 16, 2006.

Davis and two other soldiers were in a Humvee that ran over 1,000 pounds of TNT on May 17.

All three of the soldiers were airlifted to Camp Cash Combat Hospital in Bagdad, Iraq, after suffering non life-threatening injuries.

At the soldiers' bedsides, their Company Commander, awarded Davis and the other solders each a military Purple Heart.

The soldiers continue to recover and receive treatment.

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