That's all he used to talk about. Triplett, who will be buried in Norfolk, Va., where he lived with his wife, Laurie, of Detroit, and their children. He was scheduled to get out of the service in December and planned to study electrical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He wanted to see the world. He just wanted the experience.
Any time there's a loss on a small community everybody feels it.
His mother, Patty Wibberley, is a nursing assistant at an assisted-living center. I'm just numb. N.D. Ust said most of Rux's family, including his mother, lives in West Virginia. Rux joined the Navy after high school, stayed about 10 years, then tried being a policeman, Ust said, but this summer decided to re-enlist in the Navy. Va. Lakiba Nicole Palmer Seaman Recruit Lakiba Nicole Palmer of San Diego graduated in 1996 from San Diego High, where she was a stalwart on the track team.