Raheen Tyson Heighter

Bay Shore, New York

July 24, 2003

Raheen Tyson Heighter recently wrote to his mother from Iraq, urging his family not to worry. "The good news is, I will be coming home in September, October at the latest," he wrote. Heighter, from Bay Shore, N.Y., was one of three soldiers killed July 24 when their convoy was ambushed. He was stationed at Fort Campbell.