Family of fallen Fort Bragg hero gifted new home

KAT CAMPBELL

>>> IT WAS A SPECIAL VETERAN'S

DAY FOR THE FAMILY OF A FALLEN

FORT BRAGG SOLDIER WHO GAVE HIS

LIFE FOR THE COUNTRY.

>> THE CERTAINLY'S WIFE AND

THREE CHILDREN RECEIVED THE

KEYS TO THEIR NEW HOME THANKS

TO OPERATION COMING HOME.

WRAL'S LESLIE MORENO TAKES US

INSIDE THE EMOTIONAL CEREMONY

WITH A FIRST LOOK AT THE

FAMILY'S NEW HOME IN WAKE

COUNTY.

>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A LONG

AND TOUGH YEAR FOR THE BARRETO

FAMILY.

ON SEPTEMBER OF 2019, SERGEANT

ELLIS BARRETO WAS KILLED IN

COMBAT.

HIS WIFE, THREE CHILDREN, AND

FATHER WERE IN ATTENDANCE WITH

TEARS AND A HEART FULL OF

MEMORIES.

>> .

>> IT WAS REALLY HARD.

I HAVE TWO BOYS.

THAT'S THE HARD PART.

>> Reporter: LEGNO BARRETO GOT

THE KEYS TO THE NEW HOME,

SOMETHING THAT THE SERGEANT HAD

ALWAYS DREAMED OF GIVING THEM.

>> IT'S LIKE A DREAM, SO

PRETTY.

>> Reporter: A DREAM MADE

POSSIBLE THANKS TO OPERATION

COMING HOME AND WENDELL.

THOUGH SERGEANT BARRETO IS NO

LONGER WITH THEM, HIS FAMILY

SAID THAT HIS LOVE WILL LIVE IN

THE HOUSE AND IN THEIR HEARTS.

AS THE FAMILY WALKS THROUGH

THEIR NEW HOME, THEY REMEMBER

THE HUSBAND, FATHER, SON, AND

HERO.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE HIM

VERY PROUD.

>> Reporter: A SOLDIER WHO WILL