'I Thought I Might Lose It'

Joe

Perry, 23, of Alpine, Calif., was killed on Oct. 2, 2006, by a sniper while patrolling the Dora market area of southern Baghdad.

Army Sgt. Adam Knox

Sept. 5, 2006

hey what up, hey i'm done with the taking back baghdad mission but now they got me going to an even [more] crappy place so that's cool. did you get the package i sent you? it had a hookah and soccerball in it. i sent it a month ago. yeah i saw the highlights on espn about the [Ohio State Buckeyes] when i was at the gym. i think they will have no problem with texas. And i saw that notre dame looked like crap. i'm not moving until friday so i have a little time now so I'm probably going to try to call you sometime soon around 9 to 12. well I'll talk to you later. Adam

Knox, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, was killed by small-arms fire in Baghdad on Sept. 17, 2006.