
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A former Fort Bragg officer killed in a Baghdad hotel bombing in late October was a man who led by example, friends said.
More than 500 people attended a memorial service for Lt. Col. Charles H. “Chad” Buehring on Monday night at Westminster Presbyterian Church, where he and his family had been active members.
“He (would) lead from the front, rather than manage from the rear,” said Bill Hayes, one of Buehring’s former classmates at The Citadel.
Buehring, who was stationed at Fort Bragg for several years until last summer, was killed Oct. 26 in Iraq.
The 40-year-old father of two young boys was fatally injured during a...