A Vienna post office will bear the names of two of the town’s fallen sons.
Army officers Christopher Petty and William F. Hecker III were killed in Iraq Jan. 5 after a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee. They were traveling from Baghdad to Najaf to help rebuild schools.
A resolution sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., renames the post office on 200 Lawyers Road in their honor.
Davis said he hopes the post office will “be a reminder to those who knew them” and to others about their “commitment to the ideals that make America great.”
Petty, 33, was an Army captain who graduated from James Madison High School in Vienna. Born in Berlin, he was the grandson of a World War II artillery officer. He left behind a wife and two children.
Hecker, 37, a major, was from a military tradition, too. He taught English literature at West Point. He was the son of a Vietnam War veteran. He graduated from McLean High School and left behind his wife and four children.
