Fallen LeClaire hero’s family helped by foundation
This Memorial Day, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is honoring the memory of Army Sergeant Logan Dicus by paying off the mortgage on his family’s home in LeClaire.
Logan Dicus graduated in 2009 from Mount Mercy College, where he met his wife Rebecca during his senior year. The two shared a love of sports as he played baseball, and she played softball, according to a Thursday foundation release.
Dicus had a career before joining the military but felt a strong pull to serve his country and enlisted in 2018. He was assigned to the 87th Sapper Company at Fort Hood, Texas, and later to A Co, 1 Brigade Engineer Battalion at Fort Riley, Kansas.
“Logan found a lot of fulfillment in life and pride in serving,” his wife Rebecca Dicus said in the T2T release. “He wanted to give back and be part of something bigger than himself.”
In 2021, Sgt. Dicus went on rotation with his company to Europe where he spent time in Poland, Germany, Romania, and Bulgaria. On June 19, 2022, he was found unresponsive in the barracks. It was later determined he died at 35 from an undiagnosed heart condition.
In addition to his wife Rebecca, Dicus left behind their children, Lane and Colter. His daughter, Addison, preceded him in death.
The Tunnel to Towers Gold Star Family Home Program honors the legacy of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country by paying off the mortgage or providing the surviving spouses and young children with mortgage-free homes.
This Memorial Day, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation honors the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, by paying off the mortgage or providing a mortgage-free home to 36 families across 20 states, stretching from Florida to California.
“I feel so blessed to have received this gift. My gratitude and appreciation are beyond words. This gift has allowed me to slow down and focus on raising our children,”said Rebecca.
“Sgt. Dicus answered the call to serve our nation and paid the ultimate sacrifice protecting our freedoms. This Memorial Day we pay our respects to the memory of this fallen hero as we support the family he left behind,” said Tunnel to Towers Chairman and CEO Frank Siller.
You can join Tunnel to Towers on its mission to provide mortgage-free homes for Gold Star families by going to T2T.org and donating $11 a month.
Born from the tragedy of 9/11, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation carries out its mission to “do good,” by providing mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders.
Tunnel to Towers is also committed to eradicating veteran homelessness and helping America Never Forget September 11, 2001.
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