Army SGT. Cameron Thomas
October 13, 2024
Army SGT Richard Walters Jr.
October 27, 2024
Deacon Journal, Jim Carney
Jacob Geopfert, a junior at the Kent State University Stark County campus, remembered Tomci’s sense of humor.
Nobody was more dedicated to the fight against terror, said friend Jeffrey Amundsen, 21, a senior at Ohio State University.
“He truly believed in the cause and felt that his actions were changing the world,” Amundsun said.
Tomci once drove 14 hours to get to Columbus to spend time with his buddies at Ohio State, then drove 14 hours back to Camp Lejeune, N.C., recalled friend Jon Naylor, an Ohio State University student.
“When he was here, it was nonstop laughter as usual,” Naylor said. “He also paid for everything. . . . He was that kind of guy.”
Kent State University student Brian McCullough, 21, spoke to Tomci about three weeks ago via satellite phone….
Lolli, a 21-year-old University of Akron student, remembered that Tomci used to wake up early in the summer and come to his house before Lolli’s mother left for work.
Tomci would drink coffee with Lolli’s mother, then after she left for work, he would roust Lolli out of bed.
“He’d say, `Get up, I got some fun stuff to do today,’ ” Lolli remembered. “A lot of times we did something really stupid, but I loved it. I’d take those days back in a second.”…
