LibertyUnites • Tributes
Alan E McPeek
Profile
Name: Army Spc. Alan E. McPeek
Age: 20
From: Tucson, Ariz.
Assigned to the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Giessen, Germany died Feb. 2 in Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained when he came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. Also
Incident: Army Spc. Alan E. McPeek was killed was Pvt. Matthew T. Zeimer.
Died: February 02, 2007
Soldier and replacement die fighting together
By Michelle Tan
Staff writer
Age: 20
From: Tucson, Ariz.
Assigned to the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Giessen, Germany died Feb. 2 in Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained when he came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. Also
Incident: Army Spc. Alan E. McPeek was killed was Pvt. Matthew T. Zeimer.
Died: February 02, 2007
Soldier and replacement die fighting together
By Michelle Tan
Staff writer
CAMP RAMADI, Iraq — Spc. Alan Eugene McPeek was just days away from completing his 14-month tour in Iraq. Pvt. Matthew Thomas Zeimer had been at Combat Outpost Grant for less than two hours.
Close to 1 a.m. Friday, on what was supposed to be his last night at Combat Outpost Grant in central Ramadi, McPeek and his fellow soldiers came under attack. It was an intense and coordinated attack launched by insurgents from nearby buildings and streets.
McPeek, 20, and Zeimer, 18, ran together to the roof to fight back.
McPeek took Zeimer, a member of the 3rd Infantry Division unit set to replace the outgoing soldiers, under his wing. He coached him...
Occupation
the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Giessen, Germany
Incident
Army Spc. Alan E. McPeek died Feb. 2 in Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained when he came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. Also killed was Pvt. Matthew T. Zeimer.
Prayers & Messages
Alan E McPeek
2009-11-21
Happy Veterans Day, to one who gave all.
Alan E McPeek
2009-01-06
Alway on our mind and in our hearts.
---Bob and Angela
Alan E McPeek
2008-08-07
mcpeek, i regret not taking you up on going to that skatepark in giessen you had told me about. you live through us.
Alan E McPeek
2008-06-15
Alan, it's military appreciation week, but you know you are always appreciated. You are loved and missed dearly.
---Angela and Bob
Alan E McPeek
2007-12-25
We think of you and your family all the time and especially this holiday season. May you be with them in spirit to comfort them. ---Angela and Bob
Alan E McPeek
2007-08-12
Alan, of all those lost, you have been the hardest on us. Not a day goes by that you are not thought of. You are missed by many. Thank you for being a friend to our son and thank you for all that you gave for your country. ---Angela and Bob