NC US Army Green Beret, wife, to receive Hero Home 29 in Garner on Veterans Day

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- While in the VA Hospital, Sgt. 1st Class Eddie Kim and his wife, Valentina, were surprised with the news they would be recipients of the Hero Home 29.

Kim, who enlisted in the Army in 2014, has served throughout Asia and the Pacific. He attended Ranger School and Special Forces Sniper School and was taking Military Freefall Jumpmaster courses.

In December 2024, Kim was paralyzed from the mid-chest down in a training exercise at Fort Bragg.



The Raleigh-based nonprofit US Veterans Corps is teaming up with Mongo Homes to build the Kim family's new home in the Renaissance at White Oak neighborhood in Garner.



The family will receive their new home on Veterans Day.



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