
SPRINGFIELD, Va. — An Army officer killed in Iraq was known for his attention to detail, his devotion to his children and his commitment to his country, his mother said Saturday.
“His life was his family, his children,” Sallie Stubenhofer said of her son, Capt. Mark N. Stubenhofer. “Everything he did when not being a soldier was being with his children and his wife.”
Stubenhofer, 30, was commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, based at Fort Riley, Kan. The native of Springfield was killed Tuesday by small-arms fire during a patrol in Baghdad, the Army said.
It was his second tour of...