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Staff Sgt. Christopher Bunda loved to take on projects around the house. When he and his wife bought a home in March 2003, he got right to work. "He remodeled one of the floors, made it wood ... and did all the cement work in the backyard," said his wife, Michele Bunda. The 29-year-old soldier from Bremerton, Wash., went missing in the Tigris River near Mosul, Iraq, after the Iraqi police boat he was in capsized Jan. 25. His remains were recovered Feb. 10. Michele Bunda said it was difficult to make her children understand that their father was missing. The couple's 6-year-old daughter wanted an explanation, asking "Why is Poppa in the Army? Why can't he do something else like other children's fathers?" Michele Bunda recalled. A native of the Philippines, Bunda was stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. He is also survived by his 3-year-old son, Christian James.