Fort Hood Soldiers remembered for service

Pair remembered for service
FORT HOOD – Pfc. Bryan R. Thomas loved all kinds of music, but his favorite song was Travis Tritt's "It's a Great Day to be Alive."
Thomas was known to constantly belt out the lyrics:

"And it's a great day to be alive;

I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes;

There's some hard times in the neighborhood;

But why can't every day be just this good?"

The song symbolized his life because he loved to wake up and start each day, said Spc. Raymond Hernandez, reading from remarks made by a deployed friend.

Thomas was honored by the 4th Infantry Division at a memorial ceremony Thursday at Fort Hood. He and Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Mayne were killed Sept. 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, when their vehicle came upon a roadside bomb. They deployed with the division's Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team in March, according to information from Fort Hood.
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