"He just loved what he was doing....never took uniform off since joined national guard he wear it all the time," said Gregory's father, Conroy Wright.
Wright was a nurse's aide and a security guard. In the army he was a sergeant, leading two of his men when a city roadside bomb exploded in a north of Bagdad.
People spoke of his kind heart and generosity at the neighborhood barbershop where he often pitched in.
"If we were busy on a Saturday he'd come grab broom start sweeping the floor," said Doyen Dunkley.