He was a first lieutenant with the Army 's First Battalion , 127th Armor Division , based in Binghamton , N.Y. His parents , Maryann Myers and Patrick Myers , live in Newburgh , N.Y. , where the bridegroom 's mother is a sales associate at a branch of Sears , Roebuck & Company and his father is the director in New York state for the women 's softball program of the United States Specialty Sports Association .