30, of Okaloosa, Fla.
died March 17 of injuries sustained when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle went over an embankment and flipped over into a river in Baji, Iraq.
“Everywhere he went, he had friends,” his mother, Faye West, said. “He told me to keep in touch with all of them while he was in Iraq.” At age 24, Laramore was the oldest enlistee at Fort Benning, Ga., but outperformed younger recruits to the amazement of other soldiers, his mother said.
Meredith
2 years ago
“When we have done all the work we were sent to do, we are allowed to shed our bodies, which imprisons our soul like a cocoon encloses the butterfly and when the time is right we can let go of it. Then we will be free of pain, free of fears and free of worries– free as a beautiful butterfly returning home to God….”
- Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Fay West
2 years ago
Spc Tracy Laramore was my son, my best friend, my only child. He loved the military and gave his life for his country. His last words to me were, “Mom, if we don’t stop it here,then the war will be in the United States”. I pray for all the soldiers who are still there.