Wilson -- who was born in North Dakota, spent a year at North Quincy High School, and had ties to South Hadley and Bangor, Maine -- wrote in a Web profile that his worst fear was not returning from Afghanistan to see his 4-year-old daughter. That fear became a reality when Wilson died during combat in Korengal, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2007. An Army spokesman said Wilson's unit had been scheduled to return in February, but its tour was extended until June.