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In Memoriam
E.BRUNS. GI
KILLED
Community mourns patriot who died in warHome News Tribune Online 03/7/08
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JOSHUA BURD EAST BRUNSWICK — Cpl. Steven R. Koch had talked about enlisting in the U.S. Army since his days at East Brunswick High School.
"Steven was a true American, and he wanted to fight for his country," his mother, Christine Koch, said. "I wanted him home as a mother but he said he had a job to do." Christine Koch spoke on Thursday afternoon as she and her family mourned the 23-year-old Koch, who was killed Monday while serving in the Sabari District of Afghanistan. An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper, Koch died of combat wounds when "a vehicle-borne explosive device detonated and collapsed a wall on him," an Army spokesman said. Sgt. Robert T. Rapp of Sonora, Calif, 22, was also killed in the incident. Koch, who was posthumously promoted to the rank of corporal, was due home next month from his 15-month tour of duty. He was remembered on Thursday by his family and friends for the sense of patriotism he developed growing up in a home where everything up to their cars had to be made in America. Koch was a student at East Brunswick High School when the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 took place. After the attacks on the World Trade Center, Koch spent the day worrying about his brother William, who was at the nearby Millennium Hotel and would be one of many who evacuated the island by walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. Afterward, Koch was determined to join the Army, his mother said. "He loved his country," Christine Koch said several times. "He said he would bleed on the American flag to keep the stripes red." Koch joined the Army in March 2006 and completed several months of training before being assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division in August 2006. He was deployed with the 508th Infantry Regiment to Afghanistan in January 2007. About a month before he left for his tour, Koch married his wife Amy, who he knew since high school, at the courthouse in Spotswood, said his father, William Koch. As a pupil at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Milltown, Koch played basketball with family friends on a team coached by his father. It was one of the many ways in which Koch's family developed relationships with the families of other children there. "This is how Steven grew up, in a family that was so close and in a community that was so close," said Marianne Tellone, a Koch family friend of 21 years. As recently as last year Koch kept in touch with the Lourdes community. Elizabeth Gleason, his fifth-grade teacher, said he visited the school in his uniform to talk to pupils before he left for his tour. "The parents here were so proud that he came here in his uniform," she said. "He just wanted to take a trip through the school for old time's sake." And Koch was remembered by the parish this week after news of his death spread — on Thursday, the flag outside the school was flown at half-staff. Gleason said the parishioners have been praying for him, and he will to receive a special mention at today's 9 a.m. Mass. Friends and family on Thursday came and went from the Koch home on Garden Terrace, a quiet neighborhood on Farrington Lake tucked in a corner of the township. He was remembered around the street as a polite young man who was always willing to stop and help. Koch, an avid reader and writer, "always had a smile on his face," according to several family members and neighbors. "He was a real jokester," his mother said. "I think that's how he got away from being afraid." His family said his body was flown to the United States around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. A service will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes next week, his mother said, but he will ultimately be buried at Arlington National Cemetery because "he would want nothing more than to be buried with his soldiers." Calling him "an American treasure," his family expects him to be buried with full honors for his rank. "He's a hero and I want him to be honored every day," Christine Koch said. Both Koch and Rapp were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. Koch is survived by his wife Amy and a daughter, Zoe, both of Spotswood; his parents, Christine and William Koch of East Brunswick, by his sister Lynne and brother, William Koch III. Please keep Steven and all our people overseas in your hearts and minds.
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