Mystery Bracelet Found in Strawberry Patch Returned to Deceased Soldier's Parents

— -- One mother in Katy, Texas, is searching for answers after receiving a mysterious package in the mail.

A commemorative bracelet honoring her late son, 1st Lt. Jonathan Rozier, was found in a strawberry patch 1,200 miles away.

"It has his name, rank, Katy, Texas, army, and the date he was killed in July 2003,” Barbara Rozier told ABC's Houston station KTRK.

Rozier has no idea who the bracelet belonged to, but is grateful for the memory of her fallen son.

A letter was enclosed with the bracelet, written by a woman named Annette in St. Paul, Minnesota.

“I opened the package and discovered it,” Rozier told ABC News of this past Sunday when she first laid eyes on the unexpected bracelet sent by a complete stranger.

“It sounds like something I would do. I would try to track them down because I’m a mother," Rozier said. "To some people, they don’t have much to hold onto when their child has been or killed or has died. My first thought was, ‘This woman is a mother and she’s thinking like a mother and trying to track her down.’”

Annette, whose last name Rozier is keeping anonymous until she’s able to personally speak with her, told Rozier that she found it covered in dirt and wanted to return the bracelet to its rightful home.

"Forever thinning the strawberry patch in my backyard, I came upon this hard object, dirt covered, & scorched,” Annette’s handwritten letter to Jonathan’s parents began. “Upon further investigation & scrubbing off of dirt, I found this memorative bracelet for your son Jonathan. How it came to be in my strawberry patch in Saint Paul, Minnesota is beyond me. Perhaps the compost from our city? Anyway, my strawberry patch now has a name & forever shall be known as Jonathan's Patch. Thanks for sharing such a little bit of your son's valiant life. Found his story & your names via the wire. Thinking of you, all best to your family -- Annette. P.S. Those strawberries are fantastic!"

Now the Roziers, humbled by Annette’s efforts, are hoping to find the original owner of the bracelet, to learn who loved their son as much as them.

“Who I’d really like to hear back from is the person who lost the bracelet,” Rozier explained. “Did they know my son, or was it a random purchase to support an organization? To find out that this was somebody who purposely bought this bracelet for Jonathan, to honor him, would be incredible. I’m a mom and want people to appreciate my son and love my son.”

She has her suspicions, though, that it might be a more generic bracelet for fallen soldiers because the bracelet still has him listed as a second lieutenant despite his promotion to first lieutenant while serving in Iraq where he was killed.

The bracelet is also emblazoned with herobracelets.org, but Rozier said she hasn’t tried contacting the company who produced it directly because “Those websites just print up a bulk of them and randomly distribute them so I don’t think they’d have a specific record of that,” she explained.

The family is still optimistic however that the bracelet’s owner is a fellow Army comrade, or perhaps a friend from college.

“I don't know if it's a battle buddy,” Rozier told KTRK.

“We'd love to be put in touch with them and connect in some way,” Jonathan’s sister added.

Until they get answers though, they’re thrilled for the surprise, certainly sweeter than a strawberry.