MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A class ring missing for decades has been returned to the family of Brett Hunter, an Irvington resident killed in Iraq 21 years ago.
The ring was discovered by a mother and son using a metal detector at Perdido Pass and returned to Hunter’s family through a Facebook post, bringing unexpected and timely comfort.
Hunter, a water plant specialist working for KBR, a contractor for the U.S. Army, was killed Dec. 21, 2004, when a suicide bomber struck the mess tent at a U.S. base in Mosul, Iraq…