Joshua Todd Byers

Anderson, South Carolina

July 23, 2003

In Joshua T. Byers' last letter to his wife, he talked about the chicken races his unit held to celebrate July 4. "It was a good Fourth of July, a good time for soldiers," Kim Byers said. Byers of Fountain, Colo., died July 23 when his convoy was attacked in Iraq. He was stationed at Fort Carson.