Jesse M. Lhotka
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Age: 24
From: Alexandria, Minn.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery, 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota Army National Guard, Montevideo, Minn.
Incident: Army Sgt. Jesse M. Lhotka was killed Feb. 21 when an improvised explosive device detonated as he was assisting injured soldiers in his unit in Baghdad. Also
Died: February 21, 2005
Minnesota town mourns soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
APPLETON, Minn. — A soldier who died while aiding his injured comrades was remembered for his love of others on Wednesday by a community that honors its war dead by naming its streets after them.
The crowd of 800 who turned out to pay their respects to Sgt. Jesse Lhotka was too large for Zion Lutheran Church, where the service were held, so over 200 had to watch on a screen at the former Appleton High School.
“He absolutely loved people,” the Rev. Vickie Haverkamp said during her eulogy. “And everyone around him loved him.”
Lhotka, 24, of Alexandria, an Appleton native, was among three Minnesota National Guardsmen with the Montevideo-based 151st Field Artillery killed by a roadside blast on Feb. 21 in Baghdad, Iraq
Lhotka was credited with saving the life of a fellow solider from nearby Benson whose Humvee had flipped, and had just helped evacuate...
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May you rest in peace