[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3443]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF FALLEN MISSISSIPPI SOLDIER ARMY CORPORAL (CPL) 
                       ROBERT TAYLOR McDAVID, III

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 2, 2017

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in memory of Army 
Corporal (CPL) Robert Taylor McDavid, III who paid the ultimate 
sacrifice while defending our nation on March 10, 2008, during 
Operation Iraqi Freedom III. CPL McDavid died from wounds he sustained 
when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device. Also killed were 
Staff Sergeant Ernesto G. Cimarrusti, Staff Sergeant David D. Julian, 
Sergeant First Class Shawn M. Suzch and Corporal Scott A. McIntosh. The 
soldiers were killed while on patrol in central Baghdad. Three other 
soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were injured in the explosion.
  CPL McDavid was assigned to the lst Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. 
He enlisted in the Army in 2005 and was deployed to Iraq two years 
later.
  CPL McDavid attended Starkville Academy and Starkville High School. 
He earned his associate's degree in accounting from Northeast 
Mississippi Community College. He also attended Mississippi State 
University.
  CPL McDavid was described by his wife, Tiffany, as a true American 
hero. Prior to his funeral, hundreds of residents lined Starkville's 
Main Street to pay tribute to one of their own. His funeral was on the 
same day as the fifth anniversary of the U.S. war in Iraq. CPL 
McDavid's devotion to protecting the freedoms we all enjoy will always 
be remembered.

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