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Lance J Koenig
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Lance J. Koenig
Age: 33
From: Fargo, N.D.
Assigned to the 141st Engineer Battalion, North Dakota Army National Guard, Jamestown, N.D.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Lance J. Koenig was killed Sept. 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Tikrit, Iraq.
Died: September 22, 2004
North Dakota Guard soldier laid to rest
Associated Press
Age: 33
From: Fargo, N.D.
Assigned to the 141st Engineer Battalion, North Dakota Army National Guard, Jamestown, N.D.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Lance J. Koenig was killed Sept. 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Tikrit, Iraq.
Died: September 22, 2004
North Dakota Guard soldier laid to rest
Associated Press
CARRINGTON, N.D. — Tears mixed with laughter at pleasant memories as family and friends remembered the sixth North Dakota National Guard soldier to die in Iraq and laid him to rest in his hometown on Sept. 30.
“The only words we can say are the only ones Lance wanted to hear,” said Michael Page, a close friend of Staff Sgt. Lance Koenig. “We love you, Lance.”
Koenig, 33, of Fargo, died Sept. 22 while serving with the 141st Combat Engineer Battalion in the Middle East. He was hit by a roadside bomb near the Iraqi city of Tikrit, about 100 miles north of Baghdad.
He was a 1989 graduate of Carrington High School and a former All-American wrestler at North Dakota...
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the 141st Engineer Battalion, North Dakota Army National Guard, Jamestown, N.D.
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Lance J. Koenig was killed Sept. 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Tikrit, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Lance J Koenig
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.