One of the nine Fort Campbell soldiers killed when two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Trigg County Wednesday night was a North Carolina native who was soon to become a father.
Family members say 25-year old Staff. Sgt. Caleb Gore was an airborne medic who “could not wait to join the army, enlisting before high school.”
His father, Tim Gore, is the pastor of Fremont Baptist Church in North Carolina and told WNCN TV that his son was going to be a registered nurse soon and was taking leadership training.
Staff Sgt. Gore and his wife had been expecting their first child, according to his father, who calls his son his hero.
He called his son “a loving and wonderful child” and “everything a father could possibly wish for.”