HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Hanover Army veteran severely wounded in Iraq is one step closer to receiving the keys to his new home just in time for America’s 250th birthday, thanks to the help of community members and volunteers on Saturday.
Homes For Our Troops, a nonprofit that builds and donates homes for veterans, held a community landscaping event on Saturday, March 21, for a new house being built for Sgt. Brian Pearce, who currently lives in Mechanicsville.
Pearce was on his second deployment to Iraq when he was severely injured on Oct. 20, 2006. An improvised explosive device blast hit his vehicle, and a piece of shrapnel penetrated his helmet and skull and lodged in his right occipital lobe…