Between Iraq tours, Horst G. Moore and his wife bought a three-bedroom house in which to raise their 2-year-old daughter, Sophia. They loved it, but he never spent a night there. "He was adamant about us getting a home," said his wife, Raquel Vallejo-Moore. "His main concern was that we were taken care of." Moore, known as Gary, 38, of San Antonio, died Nov. 9 in a mortar attack in Mosul. He was stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. He served in the Army for 17 years and was considering retiring in about three years when his tour of duty ended. Raquel and Gary met in the early 1990s while attending St. Mary's University. It was "friendship at first sight," Vallejo-Moore said. It later turned into love. Since learning of her husband's death, Vallejo-Moore has been sifting through photographs: their wedding day in 1996 and their visit to Alcatraz Island at San Francisco last Christmas. "A lot of people have regrets that they didn't do this or that. We had a good life," Vallejo-Moore said. "Everything was about trying to enjoy the moment and live life to the fullest."
Army
1st Battalion,
24th Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade,
25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team),
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Army
1st Battalion,
24th Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade,
25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team),
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Between Iraq tours, Horst G. Moore and his wife bought a three-bedroom house in which to raise their 2-year-old daughter, Sophia. They loved it, but he never spent a night there. "He was adamant about us getting a home," said his wife, Raquel Vallejo-Moore. "His main concern was that we were taken care of." Moore, known as Gary, 38, of San Antonio, died Nov. 9 in a mortar attack in Mosul. He was stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. He served in the Army for 17 years and was considering retiring in about three years when his tour of duty ended. Raquel and Gary met in the early 1990s while attending St. Mary's University. It was "friendship at first sight," Vallejo-Moore said. It later turned into love. Since learning of her husband's death, Vallejo-Moore has been sifting through photographs: their wedding day in 1996 and their visit to Alcatraz Island at San Francisco last Christmas. "A lot of people have regrets that they didn't do this or that. We had a good life," Vallejo-Moore said. "Everything was about trying to enjoy the moment and live life to the fullest."
Army
1st Battalion,
24th Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade,
25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team),
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Army
1st Battalion,
24th Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade,
25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team),
Fort Lewis, Wash.
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