This website is a memorial to the life of US Army Sgt. Willsun M. Mock
23, of Harper, Kansas.
Will was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany and died Oct. 22, 2006 from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad.
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love...
- M.B. Vermont
Will's mom Ann, holding a portrait of Will. Ann's love and support made this tribute possible...
"It takes two men to make one brother..."
- Israel Zangwill
Will, 2 years old, with his older brother...
"Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability..."
- R.L. Smith
"The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy..."
- Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician & philosopher (1861 - 1947)
Will on his 18th birthday
The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man...
Will's promotion to Sergeant
We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity...
- Benjamin Disraeli
Willsun Mock, Ninja
"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood..."
- Martin Luther King, Jr
Thanksgiving, 2004
Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day...
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I love this picture of Will. He has eyes that are always smiling, and this picture captures that so well - webmaster
The good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing...
Will at his sister's wedding, 1999
"There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well..."
- Walter Reuther
I know she's proud of me because I know I will feel her love even when I'm in a better place... My mom was always behind me, pushing me forward. She would say not to be afraid. If you want to do something, go ahead and do it...
- Kevin Carter (paraphrased by webmaster)
"Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old..."
- Franz Kafka
Will at age 10, his first kill while hunting with his dad
"Life isn't a matter of milestones but of moments..."
- Rose F. Kennedy
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost...
- Arthur Ashe
Will, serving in Germany, 2004
In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony...
- Eva Burrows
Will and his family - 1990
A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence and seems to conquer them. Obviously that can only work at moments. It can't be a lasting thing. That's not saying that people shouldn't keep trying to rebel against the facts of existence. Someday, who knows, we might conquer death, disease and war...
- Jim Morrison
"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie..."
- Tenneva Jordan
Will's mom Ann, consoling him through a case of "Christmas blues"
To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right...
- Confucius
Will, with Hunter Joe and Jade
"We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it..."
- Thomas Jefferson
Karli, at Will's memorial in the Harper city park
I've learned that good-byes will always hurt, pictures will never replace having been there, memories good and bad will bring tears, and words can never replace feelings...