
WILLMAR, Minn.— Army Sgt. Joshua Schmit’s Humvee had hit roadside bombs three times since last May and he’d escaped without injury. Schmit’s luck ended April 14, when the Humvee he was commanding hit another bomb in Iraq.
Schmit, 26, of Willmar, was killed by that fourth bomb, his family said. He was the son of Kim and Greg Schmit of Willmar.
The family hadn’t received other details about his death and didn’t know when his body would be shipped home.
Schmit died just 10 days before he was scheduled to leave Iraq, rejoin his wife, Andrea, in Germany, then move back to the U.S., his father said.
The family was notified around 2 a.m. April 14 by Schmit’s...