Soldier Dies At Home

This just breaks my heart.

Vibol, Ung?s half-brother, said: ?I was standing next to him, joking around like normal things brother do and all of a sudden someone shot over the gate.?

Before the ambulance arrived Ung died in his father?s arms: ?He said, ?Hey, Daddy, I?m OK, I?m OK,? ? said Yoeun Ung as he cried.  

It was a heart-wrenching loss because this family did everything to survive. The father escaped the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. His son was born in a Philippine refugee camp. America, they thought, would bring peace.

Police, who Tuesday took a portion of the family?s fence for evidence, only know the gunman had a moustache and wore a hood.

Ung, who became a U.S. citizen in August, joined the military for a college education.

?He go to war with Iraq. He not die there. Why? Why die here, who took him?? said Sok?s father.

Ung was set to be discharged in just 10 days. Instead, he?ll be buried at the Presidio National Cemetery this weekend.

This hero shed his blood for our country, but was killed by some thug in his backyard.  I hope they find the goblin and hang him high.

RIP, Lance Cpl. Sokki Khak Ung.