Hero Stories for May 2010

Lance Cpl. Patrick Xavier

Born on June 16, 1979 in Erie, PA Died on May 21, 2004 in Al Iskandariyah, Iraq Jeremy R. Horton was passionate about everything, nothing half way. There was never a gray area with him. While a student at Strong Vincent High School, he played both the saxophone and drums. And he met the love of [.

I am the Proud father of Bradley J. Conn, he is 21years old and assigned to the 472 M.P. Company, out of Fairbanks, Alaska. Brad is serving his second tour of duty in Iraq, and will be re enlisting on may 30th. brad served his first enlistment with an armored maintance company in 2008 and when he returned to the states he wanted to serve his fellow service men and women as a combat medic. Brad graduated in february 2010 from Fort Sam Houston, Texas Combat Medical training. he was assigned to ...

Help make a wounded veteran feel "right at home" in the Triangle. Operation: Coming Home is a team of veterans, home builders, and other volunteers that are dedicated to providing free housing in the Raleigh/Durham, NC area to severely wounded veterans of recent Middle East wars. Our second "Hero’s Home" project is underway, with the groundbreaking planned for early summer and a completion date of October 2, 2010. Operation: Coming Home is a joint effort of TREAC-Vand the Wake HBA, a 501-c-3 ...

Staff Sgt. Adam L. Perk

2nd Annual LONE STAR TRAIL of HEROES: RUN ACROSS TEXAS May 16-31, 2010 One Mile One Hero One Country Raising Funds and Awareness One Mile at a Time Relay Team will cover one mile for each Texas fallen service member in Run from Amarillo to San Antonio Austin, Texas (April 30, 2010) Inspired by the sacrifice of military men and women whose lives were lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, an Austin-based 501 (c) 3 organization, OPERATION HONOR OUR HEORES, was formed to assist wounded warriors ...

Born: October 30, 1953 in Penuelas, Puerto Rico Died: October 26, 2005 in Rustamiyah, Iraq Sgt. 1st Class Ramon A. AcevedoAponte of Watertown, New York was the eighth one of ten sons. He was a father who was loved his children. He was a champion of chess and had studied engineering in the University Enclosure of [.

Cpl. Nicholas D. Parada-Rodrig

Petty Officer Zarian W

Soldiers remember fallen comrades with bracelets Story and photos by Spc. Jessica Zullig 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 3rd Infantry Division PAO [caption id="attachment_3659" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Sergeant Ralph D. Gaskin II, a vocalist for the 3rd Infantry Division Band, and a Fort Wayne, Ind., native, wears a POW/MIA bracelet for his battle buddy, Sgt. Mason Lee Lewis, who passed on Nov. 16, 2007, during Sgt. Gaskins last deployment in Iraq as a medic with the sec...