An Army Corps of Engineers complex in Iraq was officially designated Camp Wolfe on Thursday in honor of Vandenberg Air Force Base civil servant Duane Wolfe, a Navy commander killed by a roadside bomb near Fallujah on Memorial Day.

Wolfe, 54, was the officer-in-charge of the Army Corps of Engineers Al-Anbar Area Office when he died after an improvised explosive device struck the vehicle he was riding in May 25 near Fallujah, Iraq. Two other men also died.

The Navy reservist who lived in Los Osos worked 24 years as a federal civilian at Vandenberg. Most recently he served as the 30th Mission Support Group's deputy commander.

The designation ceremony for the compound at Camp Victory, Iraq, was hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division and broadcast live via the Internet to Wolfe's family and friends in Los Osos.

Maj. Gen. Michael R. Eyre, commanding general of the USACE Gulf Region Division, called Wolfe "a force for stability, hope and trust among the Iraqi people. His death was a tremendous loss not only for Gulf Region Division, but also for the people he was so determined to assist."

"Camp Wolfe is an enduring camp, charged to execute our reconstruction mission that Commander Wolfe was such an integral part …He was a father, a husband, a son and a sailor, who loved life and loved those around him," said Col. Dan Anninos, commander of the Gulf Region District. "I recognize that this may be of little comfort to his wife, Cindi, and many others, but please know we will never forget as evident of today's ceremony and that our grateful nation will also never forget as we honor those that have given their lives for our freedom."

Wolfe's wife, Cindi, who was able to participate in the ceremony via the Internet, noted her husband, like his colleagues, "was a builder of both roads and freedom; an engineer of bridges and peace; a man of faith and honor."

As the officer-in-charge of the Al-Anbar Area Office, Wolfe supervised 59 personnel, including U.S. military, government civilians and Iraqi nationals working at the area office and three resident offices.

Wolfe was responsible for overseeing nearly $300 million in planned and ongoing construction projects, including the first-ever waste water treatment facility in Fallujah.

Also killed with Wolfe were Terry Barnich, deputy director of U.S. State Department's Iraqi Transition and Assistance Office, and Dr. Maged Hussin, director of the Office of Water Resources, Public Works and the Environment at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

Wolfe was activated with the Navy Operational Support Center at Port Hueneme and posthumously received the Bronze Star with "V" Device with Valor; Purple Heart; Combat Action Ribbon; and others.

He and his wife, Cindi, have two daughters, Carrie and Katie, and son Evan.