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The day after Christmas, Sgt. Curt E. Jordan Jr. had the chance to visit with his family by satellite phone from Iraq. "He got to see us," said his mother, Linda Taylor of Silverdale, Wash. "I can close my eyes and I can see him." Two days later, Jordan died near Bayji, Iraq. He was involved in a minesweeping operation and fumes from a chemical he encountered apparently triggered a lethal reaction, perhaps from allergies, according to his stepmother, Tina Jordan. "He loved working on old cars, always Dodges," his stepmother said. "He was a really, really nice kid." "He was a good kid, a great father, a great son," said his father, Curt Jordan Sr., of Spokane Valley, Wash. Jordan is survived by his wife, Kim Lloyd Jordan, and their children, Felicia Kae Jordan, 6, and Derrek Ray Jordan, 2, all at Fort Lewis, Wash. A brother, Army Spc. Adam Jordan, was stationed 10 miles away when Jordan was killed, the family said.