Joseph D. DeMoors
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Age: 36
From: Birmingham, Ala.
Assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Joseph D. deMoors was killed Jan. 7 when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Tal Afar, Iraq. Also
Died: January 07, 2006
Mourners recall three soldiers killed in Iraq as family men
Associated Press
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Three soldiers killed in Iraq who left behind 10 children among them were memorialized Wednesday at ceremony attended by hundreds.
“All three of these men were, above all else, deeply devoted to their families,” said Maj. Horatio Taveau.
Maj. Douglas A. La Bouff, Maj. Michael Martinez and 1st Lt. David de Moors died Jan. 7 when their helicopter crashed on a flight from Mosul to Tal Afar, Iraq.
The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment officers from Fort Carson were praised at the ceremony as brave and courageous soldiers, but it was their commitment to their families that was given the most attention.
Every night before La Bouff went to bed he played a tape recording of his two children, Cassidy, 7, and Douglas, 3, saying: “Goodnight Daddy.”
“That was the sound I went to bed with as well,” Maj. Robert Short, La...