DUSTIN S. WAKEMAN 1982-2007
Everman High grad killed in Iraq
Sgt. Dustin S. Wakeman wanted self-discipline.
After graduating from Everman High School in 2000, he took some college classes, but he didn't apply himself the way he thought he should.
The solution, he decided, was the Army.
"He told me he had to start listening to somebody," said his father, David Wakeman. "It was something he felt like he needed to do to make a better life for himself."
Sgt. Wakeman, 25, was killed Saturday in Hawr Rajab, Iraq, when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised explosive device, according to the Defense Department.
Two other soldiers were also killed.
