PARKER, Colorado (CNN) -- Matt Keil didn't wait for a call to serve his country. Six weeks after Tracy and Matt Keil married in 2007, he was hit by a sniper fire while serving in Iraq. He enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school in 2000, and when the Iraq war started, Keil volunteered to go. Because he was single, he wanted to take the place of a parent, wife or husband who would otherwise be sent. "I wanted to go over and serve my country," he recalled. After a year-long tour of duty in Iraq, Keil returned home to Colorado, where he met a young woman named Tracy who lived in the same apartment complex. He says he knew they were meant to be.
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Matt and Tracy Keil married after he was redeployed to Iraq
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A sniper bullet hit Matt's spinal cord, paralyzing him from the neck down
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Homes for Our Troops builds homes for disabled veterans to meet their needs
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The Keils' home is 33rd for the organization, which has 40 more in the works
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