Kemp, Richard J. Of Jackson passed away Thurs., Jan. 20, 2011, at Ft. Lewis, Washington at the age of 22. He was born in Milwaukee, raised in Jackson and graduated from West Bend East High School in 2006. He then Continue reading →
He didn’t need training wheels on his first bike. By the time he was 7, he was mowing the lawn on a riding mower at his family home. Trucks, tractors, boats, all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles – Continue reading →
SSG Amy S. Krueger, 29, died on November 5, 2009 at Ft. Hood, TX, doing what she loved, proudly serving her country. She was born on August 7, 1980 in Sheboygan, daughter of Jeri (Rief) Krueger and David Diem. Amy Continue reading →
Those who knew Marine Lance Cpl. John Mattek Jr. say he gave everything he had to everything he did.A mourning Wisconsin community honored Mattek’s legacy Monday as the man it knew as Johnny was buried with full military honors following Continue reading →
As a young boy, Eric Poelman used to play a game with his brothers where they tried to hit each other with apples. He excelled. “He was a marksman when he was 11,” said his brother, Greg. Poelman, 21, of Continue reading →
Sherri Scott knew a good man when she saw one. “The night I met Josh I told my girlfriends, ‘I’m going to marry that man,'” she said. “They all laughed. Three years later we were married.” Joshua Michael Scott, 28, Continue reading →
In Iraq, Mark Maida kept a rosary, a baptismal ring, a pendant of heaven, a St. Christopher’s medal _ more instruments of faith, a minister cracked, than Pope Benedict XVI. But Maida was no saint, his brother said. He recalled Continue reading →
Andrew Bossert wanted to build a house for his wife and planned to use his Army benefits to pay for college and study architecture. Bossert, 24, of Fountain City, Wis., was killed March 7 when a car exploded at a Continue reading →
MILWAUKEE (WITI) The Department of Defense has listed the death of 19-year-old Lance Corporal Jeremiah Collins, Jr. of Milwaukee as non-hostile on the Operation Enduring Freedom casualties website.
Collins died on Friday, October 4 while supporting combat operations in Continue reading →