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Patrick W Kordsmeier
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Name: Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Patrick W. Kordsmeier
Age: 49
From: North Little Rock, Ark.
Assigned to 39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Army National Guard, Hazen, Ark.
Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Patrick W. Kordsmeier was killed April 24 when mortar rounds hit his camp in Taji, Iraq.
Died: April 24, 2004
CW4 Kordsmeier remembered at Arkansas funeral
By Kelly P. Kissel
Associated Press
Age: 49
From: North Little Rock, Ark.
Assigned to 39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Army National Guard, Hazen, Ark.
Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Patrick W. Kordsmeier was killed April 24 when mortar rounds hit his camp in Taji, Iraq.
Died: April 24, 2004
CW4 Kordsmeier remembered at Arkansas funeral
By Kelly P. Kissel
Associated Press
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Mourners at the funeral for fallen Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Kordsmeier were told that he had the kind of faith that promised an eternal reward.
In the final funeral for four men killed in a rocket attack on the 39th Infantry Brigade in Iraq on April 24, the Rev. William Define said that Kordsmeier’s death should be viewed as a natural part of life.
“Death is holy. Death is God’s way of gathering his people to himself,” Define told the standing-room-only crowd during a May 5 funeral Mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.
At death, he said, “Life is changed, not taken away.”
The service, which...
Occupation
39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Army National Guard, Hazen, Ark.
Incident
Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Patrick W. Kordsmeier was killed April 24 when mortar rounds hit his camp in Taji, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Patrick W Kordsmeier
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.