With the Super Bowl approaching, the family of 1st Lt. Simon Timothy Cox Jr. thought of their deployed football fan in Iraq. He was so excited about sports. He would get so involved and yell at them, You're kidding me! The Mesquite High School graduate was in his second tour of duty when he died. Cox was shipped out for a 15-month tour in December. His next trip home was scheduled Feb. 25, when he would have celebrated the first birthday of his son, James and he and his wife, Jeni Duff, would have been married six years in May. Cox, who also had a 3-year-old son, earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas at Arlington and wanted to be a high school teacher after his service. He also served as a youth minister at churches in Dallas and Mesquite who were devastated because he really meant a lot to them and spent a lot of time with them. He carried some of them through some tough times. He was 30.
Army
1st Battalion,
66th Armored Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas;
Army
1st Battalion,
66th Armored Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas;
With the Super Bowl approaching, the family of 1st Lt. Simon Timothy Cox Jr. thought of their deployed football fan in Iraq. He was so excited about sports. He would get so involved and yell at them, You're kidding me! The Mesquite High School graduate was in his second tour of duty when he died. Cox was shipped out for a 15-month tour in December. His next trip home was scheduled Feb. 25, when he would have celebrated the first birthday of his son, James and he and his wife, Jeni Duff, would have been married six years in May. Cox, who also had a 3-year-old son, earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas at Arlington and wanted to be a high school teacher after his service. He also served as a youth minister at churches in Dallas and Mesquite who were devastated because he really meant a lot to them and spent a lot of time with them. He carried some of them through some tough times. He was 30.
Army
1st Battalion,
66th Armored Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas;
Army
1st Battalion,
66th Armored Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas;
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