
ERIE, Mich. — A soldier and young husband deployed overseas in September was killed in Iraq.
Family members of Pfc. Dennis Miller Jr., 21, were notified of the death Thursday morning. They said details were not immediately available.
“He just felt honored he could serve our country, especially during war,” his wife of 13 months, Kimberly, told The Monroe Evening News. “I don’t think there was anything more honorable. He just loved life.”
Miller was a 2001 graduate of Mason High School and studied history at Monroe Community College. His mother said her son loved hunting with his father and uncles, and was an avid golfer.
“He was a great kid,” Kathy Miller...