Army Spc Oaks was assigned to C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket System), Fort Sill, Okla. Donald called his father from Kuwait in January and said he would never take life at home for granted again. "All I want to do is come home, take a shower, be with my family and go fishing," his father, Donald Sr., recalled him saying the last time they talked. Donald joined the Army after graduating from Harbor Creek High in 2000. His goal was to use military benefits to get a college education. He is remembered as a quiet young man with a good sense of humor. He liked to hunt and fish, collected baseball and football cards, and enjoyed science fiction. "He loved life. He loved God. He took his Bible wherever he went," said his grandfather, Samuel Oaks. "He wanted to make a better life for himself." Donald's Charlie Battery 3-13 Field Artillery was 18 miles outside Baghdad in the final days of Saddam Hussein's regime when an explosion struck about 3 a.m. from "friendly fire". Spc. Donald Oaks Jr. had been sleeping in a cot when the explosion hit.
Army Spc Oaks was assigned to C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket System), Fort Sill, Okla. Donald called his father from Kuwait in January and said he would never take life at home for granted again. "All I want to do is come home, take a shower, be with my family and go fishing," his father, Donald Sr., recalled him saying the last time they talked. Donald joined the Army after graduating from Harbor Creek High in 2000. His goal was to use military benefits to get a college education. He is remembered as a quiet young man with a good sense of humor. He liked to hunt and fish, collected baseball and football cards, and enjoyed science fiction. "He loved life. He loved God. He took his Bible wherever he went," said his grandfather, Samuel Oaks. "He wanted to make a better life for himself." Donald's Charlie Battery 3-13 Field Artillery was 18 miles outside Baghdad in the final days of Saddam Hussein's regime when an explosion struck about 3 a.m. from "friendly fire". Spc. Donald Oaks Jr. had been sleeping in a cot when the explosion hit.
Bio by: Brenda N
