Letters, awards and priceless military memorabilia were all left on the side of the road, and an Oklahoma City woman is trying to reunite the items with the man who earned it all.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.“I was like, holy, this is somebody’s life in a box,” said Sabrina Mitchell.Mitchell said she found a box labeled “Dad’s Memorabilia” down her street in a pile of trash but found more than she expected when she opened it.“Pictures of family, I’ve got his school stuff in here,” Mitchell said. I’m a sentimental person and there’s an ornament, baby’s first Christmas, and it has an Army tag on it.”>> Download the KOCO 5 appAlso, the box contained a man’s military honors."I didn’t know those were in there,” Mitchell said. “He played in the band in the Army; this is a music medal.” The box also contained old yearbooks and handwritten letters from family, classmates and former teachers.“Can’t tell you how pleased I am to have you in my class, I wish there more students like you,” was written in the letters addressed to a man named Damien Cooper.She said she knew the box could have ended up in a landfill, rather than in the possession of the man’s family.“It honestly, it breaks my heart,” Mitchell said. “It’s fate, its fate, because if I didn’t find it, if I didn’t go through that stuff, it would be in the trash.”She said until she can find Cooper or his family and return the priceless possessions, she’ll care for them like it’s her own.“From what I can tell from all the awards and all the stuff, he was an outstanding man,” Mitchell said. “You should be very, very, very proud to call this man a part of your family.”KOCO 5 is working to help Mitchell find Cooper and has reached out to potential leads.Top HeadlinesOldest living US track Olympian still chasing goals of inspiring athletesRemains identified in decades-old Oklahoma cold caseIslamic State group material found at 2nd suspect’s home in foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift showsPreliminary information released in deadly Oklahoma City plane crashInvasive species, Asian Longhorned Tick, found in Oklahoma