EVANS, Ga. – One of the soldiers killed in the Fort Hood massacre lived in Evans, according to a spokeswoman for Fort Gordon.

Army Staff Sgt. Justin DeCrow, 32, died in Thursday's shooting.

DeCrow’s wife, Marikay DeCrow, told CNN her husband “was a loving husband and father and we’re going to miss him.”

The couple has a 13-year-old daughter.

DeCrow went to Fort Hood in September to prepare for his deployment to Iraq, which was scheduled for sometime between December and March, his wife told CNN.

Justin DeCrow was from Plymouth, Indiana.

He had just come back from a tour in South Korea where he worked in satellite communications, his wife added.

Daniel DeCrow, Justin's father, told CNN affiliate and WAGT's sister station, WSBT in South Bend, Indiana, that his son joined the Army after finishing high school in Plymouth.

He last spoke to his son last week, WSBT reported.

"As usual, the last words out of my mouth to him were that I was proud of him," Daniel DeCrow said, according to WSBT's Web site. "That's what I said to him every time -- that I loved him and I was proud of what he was doing. I can carry that around in my heart."

Thirteen people died after a shooting spree Thursday at Fort Hood, a Army base in Texas.

(CNN & WSBT contributed to this story)

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