
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota National Guard soldier was killed in Iraq, the Defense Department announced March 24.
Sgt. Greg N. Riewer, 28, of Frazee, was killed while on patrol March 23 in Fallujah with soldiers from the Bemidji-based Company A, 2nd Battalion, 136th Infantry, when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, the Guard said.
Three other Minnesota National Guard soldiers were injured in the attack. Their names and conditions were not released.
“The loss of Sgt. Riewer is a tragedy,” Maj. Gen. Larry Shellito, the adjutant general of Minnesota, said in a statement. “He was proudly serving his state and nation in a...