Multi-star general attended his funeral in Arlington National Cemetery. His name adorns a fighter. His words echo the halls of Congress.
As the Marine sergeant. William C. Stacey, aged 23, was killed January 31 in a remote hill inAfghanistan'sHelmand province, a letter he wrote to his family has gained much attention from politicians and the media.
"It is cited by liberals, conservatives and general and people across the political spectrum. The use of different ways. But I think Will would be proud of them all," said Robert Stacey, the father of Will and Acting Dean University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences.
The letter was intended only for the family of Stacey. It was opened shortly after two Marines appeared outside of Seattle Stacey 'home sister, Anna, went to school. Will's mother, Robin, I was taught in his class of History University of Washington. Robert Stacey said before he spoke a word, the family knew why the Marines were there.
"My death will not change the world, can be difficult for you to justify its meaning at all," wrote Will Stacey, who left in baseball at the University of Shasta College in Redding to join the Marines 2006.
The military personnel often leave a last letter to their families if they are killed.
"But there is further significance," said Stacey. "Maybe there is still injustice in the world. However, there is a child will live, because the men left the security enjoyed by their country to come to her. And this child will learn to new schools to be built .... He will become a good man every opportunity that his heart may desire. "
"He has the gift of freedom that I enjoyed for so long. If my life takes the security of a child one day change the world, then I know it was worth it."
Stacey is born in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up as a star in the Seattle area youth baseball, hitting first the lineup until his skills led him to Shasta College in 2006.
The son of teachers of history, his fascination with the Civil War began as a youth and later became a love story of World War II, says his father.
"It was always a good writer and a leader," said Robert Stacey. "He started thinking more seriously about the military after9/11. Affected him deeply."
"I was looking for something hard to do, and that's why he chose the Marines," said Stacey largest.
In five hits, including four in Afghanistan, Stacey's will became an observer, expert and sniper rifles. He rose to sergeant and head of the squadron.
He acts as a replacement fighter, taking a trip extra, and worked with a British Royal Marine regiment in Helmand province.
The guy who had problems in middle school and became popular in high school became a model of leadership with the 2 nd Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment.
His skills in the field were captured by a war correspondent Lawrence Dabney last November.
Robert Stacey says the family has been adopted by the Marine Corps and he has visited Camp Pendleton. "His colleagues kept saying he was their leader, a man among men particularly special."
Anna, the teenage sister that she was "very close to Will," has replaced the writer, writing poetry to recall it. A poem says as he caught while falling into the fireplace as a child and how it has managed to save her again.
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