
TULSA, Okla. — An Air Force officer whose parents live in Broken Arrow has died in Iraq.
Capt. John J. Boria, 29, a graduate of Union High School in Tulsa, died Sunday. There have been conflicting reports on the cause and circumstances of his death.
John and Wanda Boria left for the Middle East shortly after learning of their son’s death, neighbors said. He also has a brother, Joe Boria, who is studying to become a minister at a Florida seminary, friends said.
Boria’s father works for American Airlines, and his mother is a nurse, said the Borias’ neighbor, Gayle Lewis.
John J. Boria was a loving son who “never gave his parents any problems,”...