Sunday at Peninsula Baptist Church in Mooresville. “That's really what sustains us through the day.”Ī memorial service for David Houck will be held at 3 p.m. “We are both confident that David is in heaven and that we'll see him again. “We were hoping that wouldn't be true, but that's just reality,” his father said.
With that kind of training, which focuses on fighting in tight spaces, the family knew their son would likely face situations where he could be injured or killed.
In June 2004, he was deployed again to Iraq. “It's kind of strange how something that I've been trained to do can sit so heavily on my mind.”ĭavid Houck returned to Camp Lejeune in October 2003 and trained in urban warfare. “I've actually killed a couple of people,” he wrote, according to The Associated Press report. In later e-mails, he discussed how he had killed others. In his letter, he wrote: “It seems strange that beauty can be found in the midst of chaos.” He enclosed petals from the flower in a letter he sent his mother. His son fought at the airport in Mosul and helped quell riots, surviving on one meal a day, Bob Houck said.Īccording to The Associated Press, in the midst of the airport battle, Houck found a rose growing among the rubble.
In February 2003, Houck left Camp Lejeune for the Iraqi coast. David Houck knew right from wrong and had a strong sense of duty, he said. The Marine Corps was a good fit for his son, Houck remembers thinking. He had been floundering and working at UPS at night and delivering furniture during the day, wearing himself out.” They also remembering how happy they were in February 2002, when David Houck called and asked if they could store his belongings. “It's really hard to do when you see the sorrow and grief that families are going through,” he said.īob and Beth Houck deal with their grief by remembering the funny songs they invented for David and his four siblings to help them fall asleep at night. The elder Houck spent a career in the Navy working as an electronic technician senior chief and later as second in command in Arkansas. He used to have the same job, he said, when he was in uniform himself.
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Houck was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune.īob Houck said he knew what to expect when he saw Marines in full dress uniform knocking on his door in the Millbridge community north of Mooresville. Houck, 25, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, died Friday while fighting in Iraq's Anbar province, the Department of Defense said. “I feel that any place worthy of shedding my son's blood is a place that's worth doing the right job for,” said Houck, 57, of the Mooresville area. Tuesday, 30 November 2004 Marine on 2nd tour dies in IraqMemorial service for lance corporal to be held Sunday in Mooresvilleīob Houck believes more than ever that the fight for the Iraqis' freedom must go on. For information on any of the other Marines contact the 2nd Marine Division Public Affairs Office at (910) 751-9033. Nolte was assigned to 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina.įor more information on Nolte contact the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Public Affairs Office at (252) 466-4241. Lucero was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Holmes died November 25, 2004, Faircloth and Houck died November 26, 2004, and Bosselmann and Lucero died November 27, 2004, all as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province Iraq.īosselmann, Faircloth, Holmes and Houck were assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Nolte died November 24, 2004, at the National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland, from injuries received November 9 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Houck, 25, of Winston Salem, North Carolina Holmes, 20, of White River Junction, Vermont NovemThe Department of Defense announced today the death of six Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Ĭorporal Kirk J. NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense
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