Thomas J. Roberts died September 9, 2003. He was 56. Roberts was born in Rockville Centre, New York. He was a veteran of …the Vietnam War and earned a Purple Heart during an eight-month stint of active combat. Roberts was stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, and remained in the state at the end his tour of duty in the U.S. Army. As a civilian, he continued to be an avid pilot, flight instructor, and aviation mechanic. Roberts earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He was licensed to practice law in Colorado in 1987…