Cpl. Mark A. Bibby

Cpl. Mark A. Bibby was an Army Reservist whose civil affairs battalion was helping to restore order in Iraq. He called his parents from Baghdad recently to talk about a fishing trip he and his dad planned for his return in October. "He kept telling me, ''Dad, I''m not in harm''s way; we''re just out there helping civilians,''" Eustace Bibby said. Bibby, 25, of Watha, N.C., was killed July 21 when a roadside bomb exploded as his convoy passed through en route to a water treatment facility. Bibby served four years of active duty in the Army, then left to go to college but stayed in the reserves. He was a sophomore transportation major at North Carolina A&T State University. Cathy Cornelius, an administrative assistant at the university, said she had talked with Bibby about his deployment to Iraq. "He said to me, `Mrs. Cornelius, don''t worry about me. I would rather go because I have the experience,''" she said.