A TRIBUTE TO MY SON, CHARLES IV
Guys, I can't keep this from you any longer. My Son, Charlie was killed last Saturday by a road side bomb while on a mission in Baghdad. He was 23.
He chimed in here a few times as TEEDOG. We had a great time together last Summer, chasing each others' tails and looked forward to many years ahead of doing the same. He was my best friend and my only child.
The guys in his unit are devastated, imagine what it must be like for them.
Charlie wrote out a 3 page letter to me the morning before he stepped out on his last mission, he never wrote, we always either talked on the phone or via Email, so I am anxious to recieve this letter.
His memorial service will be this Monday at the PRICE-HELTON funeral home in Auburn, WA., then we will proceed to the TAHOMA NATIONAL CEMETARY for the burial.
I am sorry to break the news to you all like this, but I want to honor my Son by putting his face into the hearts and minds of as many people as I can.........Chuck Matheny