Cheyenne C. Willey, 36

Army Reserve, Sergeant

Based: Mountain View, Calif.

351st Civil Affairs Command

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: December 23, 2005

Baghdad, Iraq

Single

Gender: Male

Hometown: Fremont

High School: Macomb High School (Macomb, Ill.)

Willey was with his sister in the delivery room when she gave birth to her younger daughter, buoying her spirits with characteristic humor. "He kept saying, 'It's OK, I'm not looking,' " she said, laughing at the memory. "But he was there for me the whole time." His family had a tradition of military service and after Sept. 11, the pull of military service became almost irresistible.

Sergio Gudino, 12/25/2005

Regina C. Reali, 12/23/2005

Seven memories of Cheyenne C. Willey

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Do you know I Love you? Those were some of the last words I said to him. His answer is what I hold close as I learn the difficult lesson of living without him. "Yes, yes, I do, Stacy". " Do you know how much? ", "Yes, I Do" At the time there where no more words that needed to be said, although I can think of a thousand more now. Thank You, you have always been my hero, you mean the absolute world to me, I don't know how to live without you, Ten years have gone by and all I can hope is that I will some how make you proud of me and my girls. Cheyenne is now and always will be, alive in our hearts. We will never forget the hero that gave his ALL, to not only us, his beloved family, but to his country and her people because he truly believed in what America stands for, freedom and justice.
I just wanted to thank you for the kind words and to ask that you remember this remarkable man as this Christmas marks ten years for our family. Love and Blessings

” — Stacy, December 16, 2015 at 11:43 p.m.

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The best memory have of my amazing uncle Cheyenne is the time i was just turning 2 years old and he was teaching me how to watch cartoons. The second my mom wasn't watching us anymore, he grabbed the chocolate box and I had my first bite of dark chocolate. When my mom came back she said " Cheyenne Willey, are you feeding that baby chocolate? " As my uncle stuffed a piece of chocolate in his mouth he replied, " But the baby likes it!! " Every time I think of that time with my uncle I always laugh, I was to young to remember much anything else about him, but I will always know that. He is such an important person in my family, and has inspired my dream of being in the army.

” — Grace, youngest neice, January 13, 2017 at 9:29 p.m.

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