Louis E. Niedermeier
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Age: 20
From: Largo, Fla.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Pfc. Louis E. Niedermeier was killed June 1 when his unit was conducting combat operations and he came under enemy small-arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq.
Died: June 01, 2005
Fla. soldier killed by sniper in Iraq
Associated Press
LARGO, Fla. — The parents of Pfc. Louis E. Niedermeier want people to remember him as a man who was not afraid to defend his country.
The 20-year-old Largo man was killed Wednesday in Ramadi, Iraq, when his unit came under enemy small-arms fire. Niedermeier was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division based at Fort Carson, Colo.
“I hold my head up really high knowing I raised a boy willing to give his life up for his country,” said his mother, Denise Hoy.
Details surrounding his death have not been released, but Ed Niedermeier said his son was shot by a sniper as he stepped from a Humvee. The soldier served as a scout who pointed lasers at targets for other soldiers armed with missiles.
“They said he went down fighting,” said Hoy.
Niedermeier couldn’t wait to enlist in the Army,...
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Prayers & Messages
We love and miss you dearly. The way you laughed, and the way youy made us smile. Time is a slow healer and the days seem so long without you here. We will carry you name always and remind everyone we meet of the great person the world has lost on June 1st 2005. Keep watch over us as we honor you.You are in our thoughts daily.
Love, Aunt Janet & uncle Jim
Thank you for your courage and commitment to our country's ideals. Thank you for your presence in Iraq in this terrible war. May you rest in peace and may your family be comforted in that you died for what you strived for. God bless you and yours.
Sincerely,
Mary