Ferguson died March 30 when his vehicle rolled over in Samarra. He grew up in Coventry, R.I., where his father still lives. He left his wife, Marianne, three young sons, and a 23-year-old daughter from a previous marriage. Family members say Richard Ferguson had come to terms with the dangers of the military job he loved. Before he left for another tour of duty in Iraq, he wrote a will and picked out a cemetery plot. His missions and deployments were often kept secret. "When he came home, he laughed, he joked, he went camping with the kids, he went on trips, he worked around the house," said his father. He was also a history buff, and spent 20 years putting together a family tree tracing his roots back to the 1700s, the family said.
Ferguson died March 30 when his vehicle rolled over in Samarra. He grew up in Coventry, R.I., where his father still lives. He left his wife, Marianne, three young sons, and a 23-year-old daughter from a previous marriage. Family members say Richard Ferguson had come to terms with the dangers of the military job he loved. Before he left for another tour of duty in Iraq, he wrote a will and picked out a cemetery plot. His missions and deployments were often kept secret. "When he came home, he laughed, he joked, he went camping with the kids, he went on trips, he worked around the house," said his father. He was also a history buff, and spent 20 years putting together a family tree tracing his roots back to the 1700s, the family said.
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