Individual Details

Posted at findagrave.com: Cpl. Taylor McDavid of Starkville, Mississippi attended both Starkville High School and Starkville Academy and had received an associate's degree from Northeast Mississippi Community College, where he was a member of the band and a Dean's List scholar. He had been a student studying accounting and general business administration at Mississippi State University, where he played tuba in the Famous Maroon Band. He was a third generation past master of the Abert Lodge No. 89, a fourth generation Master Mason, a Shriner and a member of the Corinth Scottish Rite. Taylor was proud of being in the military and took his job as a soldier seriously. He served with the Army's 164th Armored Division, 3rd Infantry and had been in Iraq about 10 months. Taylor and his wife were to celebrate their second wedding anniversary in May. He loved his family and was a proud man with values. Life was precious to him. His grandparents were the late Judge R.L. and Annie Mae McDavid and the late Charles Lee and Billie Jean Walker. He was 29.

Army
1st Battalion
64th Armor Regiment
2nd Brigade Combat Team
3rd Infantry Division
Fort Stewart, Georgia

Birth	16 Oct 1978
Death	10 Mar 2008	Baghdad, Iraq
Burial		Odd Fellows Cemetery Starkville, Oktibbeha Co, Mississippi

Father	Robert Taylor McDavid II ( - )
Mother	Jean Alice Walker ( - )
Sibling	Leslie Jean McDavid ( - )