Published Jul 20, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT
J.P Moszer survived a rocket attack while serving in Baghdad in 2007.
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Published Jul 20, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT
A veteran who served in the Iraq War has detailed his daily life difficulties roughly two decades after a near-fatal attack led to a traumatic brain injury (TBI). J.P. Moszer, who served in the U.S. Army and North Dakota National Guard, survived a rocket blast in October 2007 while serving in Baghdad in the midst of the Iraq War, leaving left him with injuries including memory loss. The attack took place at a market base Moszer had visited to buy Diet Coke. He also sustained injuries to his shoulder, hip, knee and foot. According to government data, some 1.5 million Americans served in Iraq between 2003 and 2011. More than 30,000 were wounded in the fighting, while 4,500 lost their lives. A TBI occurs when a sudden blow to the head causes damage to the brain. "I don't remember anything for several months," Moszer, a Rockport, Texas, veteran, told local Corpus Christi affiliate KRIS 6 News last week. "The brain tissue actually sheared," he added. "I couldn't walk. I couldn't talk. I couldn't do math. I couldn't tie my shoes. I didn't know my wife."
