gold star family

She married the love of her life. She was living in a beautiful farm house in Italy, while her husband was deployed to Afghanistan in 2005. That's when the doorbell rang, and the worst moment of her life took place.

We got a call from Melissa Sandvick. Her son, US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jeremy Sandvick Monroe, was killed in Iraq in 2006.

The city council in Malta recently approved a plan to spotlight "Hometown Heroes" on the street lights in town. Melissa Sandvick is the Gold Star mother of Lance Corporal Jeremy Sandvick Monroe. One of the newly installed banners honors her son's sacrifice.