Kenneth L Sickels

Not long before he left for Iraq, Kenneth L. Sickels tackled his "To Do" list. He rode a mechanical bull. He made a trip to a theme park, Magic Mountain. And he took a swim with his cousins and nieces. "There was only one thing he didn't do," his mother, Joyce Lacy, said. "He wanted to go skydiving." Sickels, 20, of Apple Valley, Calif., died Sept. 27 in a non-combat accident in Iraq’s Anbar province. He was based at Twentynine Palms, Calif., and had been in Iraq only 34 days. Sickels loved video games and music, and was fond of singing along with his favorite songs, including Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying." The character in the song, who is facing a serious illness, goes bull riding and sky diving. "He wanted...