
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Friends and family members gathered Tuesday to remember Staff Sgt. Taft Williams, a Fort Carson mechanic who became the 14th soldier from the post to die in Iraq.
First Sgt. Kenneth Zimcosky said he had no problem relying on Williams to run the Maintenance Troop, Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
“He was everything anyone would every want in a soldier,” Zimcosky said following the memorial.
Williams, 29, of New Orleans, died Aug. 12 when the convoy he was riding in to pick up parts in Baghdad was attacked. He was promoted to staff sergeant posthumously.
His wife, Ethelmay, is a soldier in 3rd Brigade...