Army Specialist Jonathan Curtis, 24, was an Eagle Scout, a son, father and husband. To wife Samantha Curtis, he was a dream come true. "A Knight in shining armor to me, my prince," she said, "Last words were I love you, and I'll talk to you tomorrow. I didn't get that tomorrow."
Monday Specialist Jonathan Curtis stopped a suicide bomber outside the combat outpost in Kandahar. The blast killed Curtis, and another Fort Campbell soldier, Pfc. Andrew Meari, 21, of Plainfield, Ill. prince and me
"He was doing his job, what he was trained to do. He didn't hesistate. He just did," said Samantha Curtis. "He went down a hero, he saved seven to nine other people."
Specialist Curtis was dedicated to the mission said his family. His mother told us Curtis grew up in affluent Belmont, Massachutsettes, where he made an unconventional choice to enlist.
"I think he really felt they were part of something here. So it was much harder, being away, but there was a reason to be here," said Pam Curtis, who still lives in Belmont.
"It was actually, by the way, one of the reasons he really loved it down in Tennessee," she said, "He said, 'You know, people really respect me here.'" prince and me
"He had the ability to rise. and become the man he was," said Samantha.
He served his first tour in Iraq near the end of the troop surge. In May, he left again, this time, married and dad to two-month-old Tessa-Marie.
"It was going to be a career, until he became a father. And then, at that point, he always wanted to be with his daughter," she said. prince and me
His pride and sacrifice are what mom wants Tessa-Marie to remember of her father.
"It was very symbolic of his, lifting her up. Now he's her guardian angel, and mine as well."
A visitation will be held Monday at Highland Memorial in Knoxville. Tuesday, Spc. Curtis will be buried with full military honors at Highland Memorial Cemetary during a 12 noon service.
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