Wednesday Hero - 12/03/2008
23 years old from Cedar Park, Texas
2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
April 06, 2008
“He was a very creative kid, and when he wasn’t in a challenging environment, he tried to make life interesting,” Glenn Morris, father of Spc. Morris, said. “He excelled in a military school structure and in a team environment.”
Before enlisting in the Army in 2005, Morris attended the Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia where he met a history teacher who inspired him to want to become an educator. “After his service, he wanted to go back to school and get a four-year degree to become a teacher,” said his mother, Lisa. “He wanted to make a difference and give back to the community.”
Spc. Morris was killed when his vehicle encountered an IED in Balad, Iraq. Also killed in the attack was Cpt. Ulises Burgos-Cruz.
All Information Was Found On And Copied From MilitaryCity.com
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday.
For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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I am still saddened every time I read about another soldier being killed, but I also have to say that there sacrifices constantly remind me of those that are going in harms way on our behalf. I may not have known them, but I am proud to have served in the same spirit of service. They may be gone, but to those that love them, they will never be forgotten and they have not fought in vain.
Semper Fi
Comment by Jacob Phillips — December 4, 2008 @ 12:21 pm