
When Lt. Col. Scott Reed first met Air Force Maj. Kevin Sonnenberg, he had a very businesslike demeanor, almost gruff. Later, he learned that it was all an act.
Reed’s opinion changed when the major brought his father to a group dinner. “That dinner was the telling point,” he said.
“After I got to observe him interact with his father, I realized I had it all wrong. He so respected and honored his father and he just struck me as a family man.”
Sonnenberg, 42, of McClure, Ohio, was killed June 15 when his F-16 fighter crashed shortly after takeoff from Balad Air Base in Iraq. He was assigned to Toledo.
A 1983 high school graduate, Sonnenberg also worked...