JOHNSTON, Iowa — After two tours in Iraq, serving in the military as a combat engineer, 32-year -ld Des Moines Lincoln High School graduate Curtis Gearhart quickly found friends.
“The funniest person I’ve ever known in my life. He was so kind and ready to be there for you no matter what, “said close friend Brie Lyndsey.
He also found love.
“I will never forget the way his girls ran up to him screaming daddy. It was one of the best moments I ever saw of him,” said girlfriend Valesca Steffens. But because of fellow soldiers losing their lives in Iraq, he also found pain from PTSD, “guilt a lot of guilt and heartache.”