Loss of sons shaped outlook of Fort Carson CO

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Loss of sons shaped outlook of Fort Carson CO
By Erin Emery - The Denver Post via AP
Posted : Monday Mar 10, 2008 6:13:46 EDT

FORT CARSON, Colo. — On the underside of the two stars that rest on each shoulder of Fort Carson’s top general, the names “Kevin” and “Jeff” are engraved.

This is one way Maj. Gen. Mark Graham honors his sons, two young men who did not live long enough to see their father pin on those stars.

Second Lt. Jeff Graham, 23, died Feb. 19, 2004, when a roadside bomb exploded in Kalidiyah, Iraq, while the young leader protected his platoon.

Kevin Graham, 21, a top ROTC cadet at the University of Kentucky, hanged himself June 21, 2003, from a ceiling fan in his apartment. No one saw the lethality of his depression.

“They both fought different enemies,” Graham said during a recent interview.


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