Tracy Lynn Alger
Date of Death: 11/01/2007
Age: 30
Incident Location: Shubayshen, Iraq
Hometown: New Auburn
Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Unit Base: Fort Campbell, Kentucky
2nd Lt. Tracy Lynn Alger, 30, of New Auburn, Wis., died November 1, 2007 in Shubayshen, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near her vehicle. She was assigned to F Company, 626th Brigade Support Battalion, attached to 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment,3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Tracy's passions were rodeo and barrel-racing, and she always tried to improve her teams. "I feel like I'm a better person for knowing her," said Todd Kirschbaum, coach of the Rodeo Club.
Tracy graduated from University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 2001 with a degree in marketing communications. "Serving her country was what she wanted," said her mother, Pauline Knutson. "We had a conversation before she left that she might not be coming back, so we spent as much time together as we could." After college, she worked as a graphic artist and then as a certified nursing assistant before signing up for the National Guard, inspired by the 9/11 attacks.
Alger's younger sister, Tanya Leo, served in the Air Force. Tanya's husband was also in the service, and Knutson was a member of the National Guard.
Tracy's passions were rodeo and barrel-racing, and she always tried to improve her teams. "I feel like I'm a better person for knowing her," said Todd Kirschbaum, coach of the Rodeo Club.
Tracy graduated from University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 2001 with a degree in marketing communications. "Serving her country was what she wanted," said her mother, Pauline Knutson. "We had a conversation before she left that she might not be coming back, so we spent as much time together as we could." After college, she worked as a graphic artist and then as a certified nursing assistant before signing up for the National Guard, inspired by the 9/11 attacks.
Alger's younger sister, Tanya Leo, served in the Air Force. Tanya's husband was also in the service, and Knutson was a member of the National Guard.