William S. Kinzer Jr.
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Age: 27
From: Hendersonville, N.C.
Assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
Incident: Army Sgt. William S. Kinzer Jr. was killed Jan. 26 when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his patrol in Duluiyah, Iraq.
Died: January 26, 2005
Hendersonville soldier dies in Iraq
Associated Press
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — A Hendersonville soldier who died in Iraq when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his patrol was engaged to be married in March, his fiance’s father said Thursday.
Sgt. William S. Kinzer Jr., 27, died Wednesday in Duluiyah, Iraq, when his patrol was hit. Kinzer was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, out of Schweinfurt, Germany.
Kinzer was engaged to Melissa Milks of Hendersonville, and the couple planned to marry March 19, said Milks’ father, Jim Milks.
Kinzer entered the Army in 2001. He re-enlisted last year and was scheduled to return March 1 to the United States, Jim Milks said.
“He loved what he was doing. He loved the Army,” he said. “It’s little comfort, but at least he died doing what he loved.”
Reached by telephone at their home in Salem, S.C., Kinzer’s mother, Debbie, said the family was...