
Spc. Stephen M. Scott and his wife went to high school together in Lawton, Okla., and both joined the military. They had recently celebrated their first anniversary.
“We talked about what we would do if something ever happened to one of us,” said Marie Scott, 19. “I decided I would become a nun. There’s just no other guy who can compete with him. He’s perfect.”
The 21-year-old Scott died Aug. 23 near Fallujah, Iraq, of a gunshot wound in a non-combat incident. Scott was a cook and stationed at Fort Carson.
— Associated Press
LAWTON, Okla. — An Oklahoma soldier killed in Iraq was a “gentle giant,” his wife said.
Marie Scott’s husband, Spc....