
A Fort Bragg soldier killed in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq had no doubts about the war, his mother said.
“He believed in what he was doing for our country and for our families,” said Debbie Diesing, the mother of 30-year-old Trevor Diesing. “He knew that we had to do something and that what he was doing was right.”
Diesing, of Maiden Rock, said her son was killed in the attack and added that the military provided few other details.
Diesing joined the Army Reserves in 1992 before he graduated from Plum City High School, where he played basketball and baseball. Diesing joined the Army full-time in 1997, bouncing from base to base before landing at Fort Bragg, N.C., about three years ago.
He leaves behind a wife in Cameron, N.C., and three children, including a 3-month-old baby.
Paul Churchill, principal of Plum City High School, remembered Diesing as a competitive athlete who led by example.
“He was one of these kind of guys you’d...