Home Building / Adaptation Projects in Georgia

Jason Letterman
Branch: Army
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Home: Hinesville, GA

SSG Letterman was injured when the gun truck in which he was riding in rolled over a pressure wire while returning to his base, causing an explosion that threw the vehicle 20 feet into the air. All of the soldiers inside the vehicle received serious injuries; the driver dying as a result of his mortal wounds. Airlifted to Landstuhl, Germany, SSG Letterman eventually arrived at Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he remains today, undergoing therapies and treatments for his injuries.

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Joshua Lindsey
Branch: Army
Rank: Corporal
Home: Cumming, GA

Army CPL Joshua Lindsey was deployed to Iraq, attached to the 3rd Infantry Division, when he was severely injured in February 2005. While on a patrol over-watch for his battalion he was shot, and then hit by two 81mm mortars. After being airlifted to Germany, CPL Lindsey was transported to Eisenhower Army Medical Center in CA before being later transferred to first Martin and then Winn Army Hospitals, in Georgia, where he remained for more than ten months. Josh has been left a paraplegic as a result of the attack.

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Darryl Wallace
Branch: Army
Rank: Sergeant
Home: Harlem, GA

SGT Darryl Wallace was with the 82nd Airborne stationed in Afghanistan when his life was changed forever. On June 9, 2007 Darryl's truck broke down and he was being towed back to camp when an IED exploded under his truck. Darryl lost both of his legs, he broke his left arm, sustained a crushed pelvis and suffered a variety of stomach injuries. The 3 other men riding with Darryl were able to escape with minor injuries.

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Jeffrey Blackmon
Branch: Navy
Rank: Petty Officer Third Class
Home: Kingsland, GA

Third class petty officer SW3 Blackmon and his group had just completed a convoy operation in Al Ramadi and were mustering for a post brief at Camp Fallujah when one of two mortars struck in the center of the group. The blast killed five Seabees and injured 20 others. Blackmon's injuries were some of the most severe of those who had survived.

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Joe Dan "Doc" Worley
Branch: Navy
Rank: Hospital Corpsman, Third Class
Home: Douglasville, GA

HM3 Joe Dan "Doc" Worley, a Navy Corpsman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines in Iraq was wounded on September 17, 2004, while rushing to the aid of a wounded Marine. Joe-Dan lost his left leg to an IED and suffered five gun shot wounds to his right leg, leaving that leg severely damaged.

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News and Updates

Community Builds Home For Disabled Georgia Soldier You don't see much homebuilding these days: here near Cumming...or anywhere else. But this is a special home. And this is a special crew.

Injured soldier, family have a new place to call home Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Darryl Wallace and his family have a brand new home in Harlem, thanks to the generosity of a lot of people.

Home puts veteran on path to getting life back Program builds new houses for double amputees

Homes for Our Troops, soldiers, community helping build new home for wounded vet His new brick home, which is expected to be completed within 90 days, is part of a major project by Homes for Our Troops.

New Home For Injured Soldier Homes for Our Troops is giving back to a local veteran. This comes after he was injured while serving the country in Afghanistan.

Homes for Our Troops builds new house in Harlem It's a sight to see. Volunteers, troops from Fort Gordon, and contractors lending a hand to a soldier.

America Supports You: Homes for Our Troops Turns Over Ninth Home Another American hero will benefit from the generosity of a group that builds or adapts houses for servicemembers to accommodate their individual disabilities.

Homes for Our Troops Turns Over Ninth Home To Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Joe Dan Worley, a Navy Corpsman on Oct. 23. Worley was injured Sept. 17, 2004, while serving in Iraq. His home is the ninth that Homes For Our Troops has donated to severely wounded servicemember since its inception in 2004.

Homes for Our Troops to Give Handicap Accessible Home to Severely Wounded Iraq War Veteran HM3 Joseph Worley and his family in D Douglasville, GA October 18, 2006 -- Massachusetts based non-profit organization, Homes for Our Troops, will hold the key turnover ceremony for severely wounded veteran, Joseph Worley, at 66 Ridgecrest Drive, Douglasville, Georgia on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 1:00 p.m.

A DREAM DEFERRED: Veteran to get dream house Jeanette Blackmon (right), joined by son Jeremy and sister Hazel Hyers, watch volunteers raise the first wall of the new Blackmon home. A local builder donated materials and equipment while labor came in the form of high school students, Sailors and neighbors. SW3 Jeffery Blackmon was seriously injured in a May 2003 mortar attack in Baghdad that killed seven members of his Construction Battalion reserve unit. Photos by Ed Buczek