Author: IJRebout

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1481595364791{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1481600029726{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Nick A. Dewhirst, 25, of Onalaska, Wis.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died July 20 in Spinkyel, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when his…

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1481595364791{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1481600029726{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Specialist Eugene Uhl followed his father and grandfather into the military. His father fought in Vietnam, and his grandfather served in World War II and the Korean War. “He was proud to be there (in Iraq), proud to…

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1481595364791{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1481600029726{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Joshua Charles Brennan, 22, was killed Oct. 26, 2007, in a combat mission in Asadabad, Afghanistan. Joshua was born May 30, 1985 in El Paso, Texas to Janice Gates, Ontario, and Michael Brennan, McFarland, Wisconsin. Joshua attended high…

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1481595364791{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1481600029726{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]2nd Lieutenant Jeremy Lee Wolfe, age 27, formerly of Menomonie, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, in Iraq. Jeremy Lee Wolfe was born on Aug. 16, 1976, at Memorial Hospital in Menomonie to David (Butch) L. Wolfe and Jane…

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1481595364791{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1481600029726{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]U.S. Army Sgt 1st Class Merideth L. Howard was killed September 8, 2006 in Kabul, Afghanistan when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near her Humvee. Howard was assigned to the 364th Civil Affairs Brigade in support of…

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1481595364791{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1481600029726{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Sgt. Warren S. Hansen earned a reputation for heroism even before his military service, receiving a medal for saving a man from drowning when he was just 15. “He”s very handsome and very decorated. He has numerous awards,”…

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1481595364791{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1481600029726{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]The crowd of more than 1,000 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church stood and joined in a full-throated version of “Here I Am Lord,” launching the melody into the vaulted wooden rafters. Six pallbearers, dressed in navy-blue Air Force…

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1481595364791{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1481600029726{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Pfc. Rachel K. Bosveld enlisted in the Army when she graduated from high school in June 2002, following in the footsteps of her father and brother. Her mother said she desperately tried to talk her daughter out of…

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1481595364791{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1481600029726{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]SSG Patrick Lee Lybert, according to witnesses, held his position as the enemy attempted to overtake his Recon Team. Holding front position SSG Lybert engaged targets close enough and returned fire long enough that others could recover from…

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1481595364791{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1481600029726{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Specialist Paul J. Sturino, 21, Rice Lake, Wis., died Sept. 22, 2003, in Iraq while serving with the 101st U. S. Army Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles” out of Ft. Campbell, Ky. He was born Sept. 14, 1982, at…