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By Kitty O Neal, News 93.1 KFBK
Jan 26, 2021
David Bellavia addresses soldiers from the Iowa National Guard in August 2008. (Photo courtesy of David Bellavia)
Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas presents David Bellavia a jersey before a game, November 2007. (Photo courtesy of David Bellavia)
Staff Sgt. David G. Bellavia was born, Nov. 10, 1975, in Buffalo, New York. The son of a successful dentist and the youngest of four boys, Bellavia grew up in western New York and attended Lyndonville Central High School and Houghton Academy.
Following his high school graduation in 1994, Bellavia attended Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, and the University at Buffalo, where he studied biology and theater before turning to the military.