Charles Sare remembered by family

October has been one of the deadliest months for soldiers serving in Iraq.

Monday, the war's impact was felt thousands of miles away in Nibley in Cache County.

The family and friends of Navy medic Charles Sare came to say goodbye.

"He's doing something that I can't do right now in my life," said family friend Jeff Olsen as he entered a ward house for a memorial service. "So I have to pay respect. He gave the ultimate sacrifice for me, my family and everyone in this wonderful country."

Sare was two months into his service in Iraq when he was killed in a roadside bomb last week. Two other marines died along side him.

Last week, his mother recalled the irony from their last conversation.

"We got to talk a couple of minutes," said his mother Vikki Carver. "It was after their first major incident. And he was upset. He didn't cry or anything, but you could tell in his voice. He said mom that could have been me. And that's what took him."

Sare grew up in California and lived with his dad after his parents were divorced.

His mother and a brother live in Cache County. His mother said that Sare wanted to become a physician's assistant. In fact she said Sare chose to go to Iraq to gain experience instead of being stationed in a naval carrier.

His mother said there are no regrets. "He said people there appreciated having him there so I know he was doing the right thing," she said. "So there's no regret there."

Sare's final resting place will be in California.

From ABC 4

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