Home Building / Adaptation Projects in Texas
Jose Perez Marine Cpl Jose "Ivan" Perez was left with multiple injuries after an IED explosion in Fallujah, Iraq, on February 27, 2007. Already suffering from TBI from a previous explosion, Cpl Perez lost part of a finger on his left hand, and received a spinal cord injury leaving him with Paraplegic Cauda Equina Syndrome which requires him to spend up to 95% of his time in a wheelchair. 
Neil Frustaglio Marine Corporal Neil Frustaglio was left severely burned and a double amputee after two IED explosions in Ar Ramadi, Iraq in December 2005. Cpl Frustaglio, the vehicle commander, was quick to ready his team to assist the casualties of an IED blast that occurred in the vehicle behind his HUMVEE. When a second IED detonated, Cpl Frustaglio was thrown face down into the dirt with diesel fuel igniting into flames all around him. 
Nathan Hunt Army SGT Nathan Hunt lost both of his legs while on a routine Route Clearance Mission in Baghdad, Iraq in May 2008. Escorting a convoy while searching for roadside bombs, SGT Hunt saw a flash as a bomb exploded hurtling him across his vehicle. SGT Hunt aided his colleagues as they worked to apply tourniquets to his legs which had been blown off by the explosion.
Army SFC Charles Armstead was on his third deployment when he suffered serious injuries. While at his outpost in Hamman Al Alil, Iraq on May 2, 2009, SFC Armstead did not know that an Iraqi insurgent had already killed two soldiers while infiltrating the outpost and had severely wounded the gate guard when he went to investigate a noise coming from the gate area. As reached the scene he was shot in the stomach leaving him with internal injuries and shattering his right hip, while also causing extensive nerve and spinal damage. 
Adrian Garcia Army SPC Adrian Garcia was only three weeks into his first deployment when he was left a double amputee after a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) attack in Ramadi, Iraq in March 2007. While on a routine patrol, SPC Garcia was manning the turret of an up-armored HUMMVEE when the RPG attack shattered both of his legs. 
Jose "Daniel" Gasca Marine Corporal Daniel Gasca was left a double amputee after an IED explosion in Fallujah, Iraq in September 2008. Cpl Gasca was driving an up-armored HUMVEE when it was hit by a control detonated IED. Cpl Gasca suffering from spinal fractures, broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, and leg injuries so severe that both of his legs required amputation. 
Joshua Stein Army CPL Joshua Stein was left a double amputee with severe arm injuries after an IED explosion in Taji, Iraq, on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2006. The driver of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle on a patrol mission, an IED blast tore through the vehicle’s engine and then through his legs, causing immediate amputations. 
Anthony Thompson Naval Petty Officer Anthony Thompson was on his second deployment to Iraq with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines Fox Company 3rd Platoon near Fallujah, when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive under an overpass where Thompson and his Marines had taken up post on April 20, 2007. During recovery efforts Anthony was found unresponsive on a pile of concrete rubble. 
Brett Wolf Specialist Brett Wolf was serving in Iraq with the 25th Infantry when he was severely injured on September 11, 2007. Brett was injured while driving the lead vehicle, a minesweeper, in South Kirkuk, Iraq. The sweeper struck a large bomb, flipped over and injured several of the personnel on board. 
Reas Axtell On the evening of August 28 2007, a 127 mm rocket was lobbed into the U.S. military base in Kirkuk, Iraq, where Axtell was serving as part of the 977th MP company. Axtell went to check the mail for his squadron. He was just opening the door to the supply room when the rocket landed approximately 4 feet behind him. 
Latseen Benson US Army Sergeant Latseen Benson was severely wounded on his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was serving with the 101st Airborne when a roadside bomb took his legs. Since his return to the States, he and his wife Jessica have purchased a semi-accesible home in League City. 
Shawn Monroe Staff Sergeant Shawn Monroe was injured when mortar fire hit while he was waiting outside a Baghdad police station. Homes for Our Troops, with the help of the local community, built a specially adapted home on the Monroe's land in Santa Fe, TX. News and Updates
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