How sad is this story, and yet the fiance does not feel sorry for herself....I fear the day America runds out of our supply of heros like this.
November 8, 2007 -- A New Jersey soldier who put off surgery in the United States to stay with his comrades in Iraq was killed Monday in a roadside bombing.
Sgt. John D. Linde of Union City died with three other soldiers in the western part of the country.
His grieving wife, Vilma, held back tears as she spoke of how much her husband "believed in the cause" he was fighting for.
He developed an ankle problem last summer and was offered surgery that would have kept him home for months.
"He was given the choice not to deploy but he chose to go back," she said. "He wanted to be there for his soldiers.
"He was my best friend" and a "great father" to their 8-year-old daughter, Victoria, Vilma said.
She had been looking forward to a June celebration of the 10th anniversary of her marriage to her high-school sweetheart.
When she last spoke with her husband, on Saturday, "We told each other that we loved each other. Thank God we were able to say, 'I love you.' "
Linde would have turned 31 on Sunday - Veterans Day.
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