Today my walk was dedicated in honor of :
Army Staff Sgt. Todd E. Nunes , Age 29 of Chapel Hill, TN.
KIA May 2, 2004 In Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Staff Sgt. Todd E. Nunes was a member of the high-school wrestling team, a good student and a talented artist. “He could draw anything he saw,” said Shelah Crick, a family friend. “I had always told him one of these days he was going to work for Hallmark because he was such a good artist.”
His mother, Barbara Nunes, said she had visited her son and his family in Honolulu last year and that he had been eager to join his brother who was already serving in Iraq.
“He wanted to be in Iraq,” she said. Chapel Hill Police Chief Jackie King, a member of the National Guard for 35 years who served in Operation Desert Storm, called Nunes a “super-nice kid.” Survivors include his wife, Christie, a 19-month-old son, Alex, and a 7-year-old daughter, Larissa.
Ten other soldiers were wounded in the attack that day.
My walk today was amazing. The weather was perfect. I want to thank everyone who honked and waved in helping me honor this hero.
I would like to thank the lady who stopped and gave me a sausage,egg biscuit this morning. I hope that you don’t mind that I gave it to an older gentleman who was in need.
Army Staff Sgt. Todd E. Nunes will NOT be forgotten.
