Two Hometown Heroes from the Iraq and Afghanistan are Honored at Heroes Park in the Village of Colleyville just across from City Hall
Inscription on the Plaque of
Christian C. Schulz
Colleyville Hometown Hero
Honored July 2, 2005
Christian C. Schulz made the ultimate sacrifice for home and country on July 11, 2003 a few days short of his twenty-first birthday. A graduate of Colleyville Heritage High, Chris was deployed to Iraq as part of a tank crew. In letters home, Chris wrote of terrible heat, desolation and dirt yet he noted the good in people and the beauty of the stars. A Bronze Star recipient, Chris was “a soldier for a brief period, a hero forever.”
Inscription on the Plaque of
Steven Charles Tucker
Colleyville Hometown Hero
Honored July 2, 2005
Steven Charles Tucker, a 2004 graduate of Colleyville Heritage High, furthered his family tradition of serving his country begun by his father and two older brothers. Involved as a drum major, football player and track athlete at Colleyville, he joined the Army upon graduation. He died May 21, 2005 in southern Afghanistan when his Humvee was hit by a bomb. With a staunch sense of patriotism his answer to his country was that “he was up to the challenge.”
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