Name:
North Dakota Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Hendrickson
Age:
41
From:
Bismarck, N.D.
Assigned to
the 957th Engineer Company, 130th Engineer Brigade, Army National Guard, Bismarck, N.D. attached to Task Force All American
Incident:
North Dakota Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Hendrickson was killed Jan. 24 when his convoy was attacked by an improvised explosive device north of Fallujah, Iraq.
Died:
January
24, 2004
Friends, family crowd into church for slain soldier’s funeral
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. — Fellow soldiers, family members and friends crowded into a church here on Monday to pay their final respects to Kenneth Hendrickson, a National Guard soldier killed in Iraq.
Gov. John Hoeven, who spoke at the service, said all North Dakotans are mourning.
“Thank you, God bless you, and we will never forget his service,” Hoeven said, speaking to Hendrickson’s family.
Hendrickson, 41, of Bismarck, and Keith Smette, 25, of Makoti, both staff sergeants with the North Dakota National Guard’s Bismarck-based 957th Multi-Role Bridge Company, died Jan. 24. A bomb exploded next to their vehicle on a road north of Fallujah, which is...
Occupation
the 957th Engineer Company, 130th Engineer Brigade, Army National Guard, Bismarck, N.D. attached to Task Force All American