Family of NC National Guard soldier remembers son, husband
The family of a fallen National Guard soldier said their son will always be part of them. Sgt. James Slape, 23, of Morehead City, was killed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Oct. 4 as a result of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. “We have always been proud of our son, and have always told him that he was capable of becoming anything that he set his mind to,” Trish and Jim Slape wrote in a statement to The Daily News. […]