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Family Loses Home to Storm, Son to War

Friday, November 04, 2005 7:33:54 AM
By HOLBROOK MOHR

 This is a January 2005 file photograph provided by the Mississippi National Guard of 1st Lt. Robert C. Oneto-Sikorski of Bay St. Louis, Miss., a town ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Oneto-Sikorski, 33, a member of the 155th Brigade Combat Team, was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol near al Haswah, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 31, 2005.  (AP Photo/Mississippi National Guard)JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Just as she was trying to rebuild her own life after Hurricane Katrina, Elaine Oneto was told by military officials that her soldier son lost his in Iraq.

1st Lt. Robert C. Oneto-Sikorski, 33, of Bay St. Louis was on a foot patrol Monday near al Haswah, an area west of Baghdad, when he was killed by a roadside bomb, military officials said.

"He was devoted to his children. He is so much more than any of us could say," Oneto said. "He was a wonderful man who loved everyone and his loss is going to devastate this whole community."


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