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Michelle M Witmer
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Name: Wisconcin Army National Guard Spc. Michelle M. Witmer
Age: 20
From: New Berlin, Wis.
Assigned to the Army National Guard’s 32nd Military Police Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
Incident: Wisconcin Army National Guard Spc. Michelle M. Witmer was killed April 9 during an attack by small-arms fire and an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
Died: April 09, 2004
Hundreds turn out to remember slain soldier
By Carrie Antlfinger
Associated Press
Age: 20
From: New Berlin, Wis.
Assigned to the Army National Guard’s 32nd Military Police Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
Incident: Wisconcin Army National Guard Spc. Michelle M. Witmer was killed April 9 during an attack by small-arms fire and an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
Died: April 09, 2004
Hundreds turn out to remember slain soldier
By Carrie Antlfinger
Associated Press
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Michelle Witmer told her two sisters when she was 10 years old that she wanted to be a hero.
“She was a hero when she died,” her identical twin, Charity, told more than 600 people Wednesday night at a memorial service for the 20-year-old, who died Friday in Iraq where all three sisters served with the National Guard.
Charity Witmer told the mourners that Michelle had told her and their older sister Charity as they talked about what they wanted to be when they grew up: “Seriously, I could push someone off a bridge and save them.”
That brought chuckles from the crowd.
But tears quickly followed for many when...
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the Army National Guard’s 32nd Military Police Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
Incident
Wisconcin Army National Guard Spc. Michelle M. Witmer was killed April 9 during an attack by small-arms fire and an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
Prayers & Messages
Wisconcin Michelle M Witmer
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.