ReachOut at au.reachout.com Matthew Livelsberger was a 37-year-old veteran from Colorado Springs, who had served in the army since 2006. He rose through the ranks through several deployments including twice to Afghanistan and serving in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Georgia and Congo, according to military officials. He was awarded two Bronze Stars, including one with a valour device for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge and an Army Commendation Medal with Valour. He had been serving with the 10th Special Forces Group but was on approved leave from Germany when he died. Loading... A close relative of Livelsberger, who did not want to be identified, said Livelsberger always wanted to be an "Army soldier, in Special Forces, even as a little kid." "And when he achieved that, he was a soldier's soldier," they said. The relative also said that Livelsberger was a supporter of president-elect Donald Trump throughout the Republican's political career, seeing him as someone who loves the military. "He thought Trump was the greatest thing in the world," the man said. The man said that there was no inkling in the family that Livelsberger was planning something like the Las Vegas bombing. He said he could not reconcile what Livelsberger is believed to have done with the person he knew both as a child and man. US law enforcement found military ID, a passport and credit cards in the Tesla Cybertruck after it was recovering from the explosion. (Image: LVMPD )A different relative, Livelsberger's uncle Dean Livelsberger, told the Independent the former Green Beret shared patriotic social media posts and was "100 per cent loving the country". "He was what you might call a 'supersoldier'," Dean Livelsberger said. US law enforcement said that Livelsberger did not appear to have had a criminal record. An official who briefed US media outlet ABC News about the investigation said Livelsberger's wife spoke to investigators about her husband's activities, saying he'd been out of their home in Colorado Springs since Christmas due to a dispute over allegations of infidelity. The official also said Livelsberger's wife told authorities her husband would not hurt anyone. Why does US law enforcement believe it is him? A military ID, passport and credit cards found in the vehicle, as well as tattoos found on the body, gave investigators some confidence the man in the car was Livelsberger. A photo of Matthew Livelsberger's burnt passport recovered from the wreckage of the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump International Hotel. ( Image: LVMPD