This article is from the Hazard Herald online. I have Grant's mother as Christine Columbo and grandparents as Grant Combs and Nancy Holland. Carter Local soldier, Sgt. Grant Combs, injured in Iraq Pictured with Sgt. Grant Combs shortly before his departure for Iraq are his wife, Emily, daughter Zoe Juda and step son Jake Smitty. Sgt. Combs, who has been in the U.S. Army for nine years, was injured in a mine explosion on February 20, while on patrol in Iraq. A graduate of Hazard High School, Sgt. Combs attended Hazard Community and Technical College before joining the military. by LUKE KEITH, JR. General Manager Published: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:17 AM CST Sgt. Grant Combs, the son of Raymond and Christine Combs of Lothair, was seriously injured while on patrol in Iraq when the Humvee in which he was in ran over a pressure mine on February 20. Sgt. Grant suffered crushed heels and a broken fibula. The driver of the vehicle suffered a broken leg, and the Lieutenant traveling in the vehicle was killed from the explosion. Sgt. Combs' father said the loss of the Lieutenant, whom Sgt. Combs looked over much like a father would a son, bothered him more than his own physical damage. Sgt. Combs, a graduate of Hazard High School, where he was named in the Who's Who publications two years, is remembered by the High School's principal, Donald "Happy" Mobelini as a "good student and real good kid." After being transported from Iraq to Germany, Sgt. Combs was awarded the Purple Heart as well as several recognition coins. He was flown from Germany to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, February 24, where he has been joined by his wife and daughter, Emily and Zoe Juda Combs, his mother, Christine Combs and his brother, Ray Combs. In a call to Walter Reed Hospital's Patient Information desk on Tuesday morning, we were told that Sgt. Grant was then in surgery. Sgt. Combs, whose birth date is April 4, 1976, has been in the U.S. Army for nine years.