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2 Carson GIs lost; 5 kids left behind 'Wanted to be their hero,' widow says

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From: The Gazette
Date: 20060518
Author:R. SCOTT RAPPOLD THE GAZETTE

Pfc. Grant Allen Dampier joined the Army for his kids -- to provide for their future, to be a role model, to protect them.

Now, their mother is trying to make the three girls, ages 1 through 5, understand why their daddy isn't coming home.

"They know he's gone," Dampier's wife, Heidi, said Wednesday from her home in Merrill, Wis. "They know he's never coming home, but I don't think they understand what 'never' is and how long forever is."

Dampier, 25, was one of two Fort Carson soldiers killed Monday by a roadside bomb in the Iraqi city of Balad. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Marion Flint, 29, ...

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