Jason G. Timmerman
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Age: 24
From: Tracy, Minn.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery, 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota Army National Guard, Montevideo, Minn.
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Jason G. Timmerman 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 Guardsman killed in Iraq
Associated Press
COTTONWOOD, Minn. — An Army National Guard soldier from Minnesota has been killed in Iraq.
1st Lt. Jason Timmerman, of Cottonwood, died Monday, according to Carmen Brunsvold, who leads a Marshall-based Guard support group.
Brunsvold told the Independent of Marshall that she spent Monday evening with Timmerman’s parents, Gary and Pat Timmerman.
Lt. Col. Denny Shields, a Guard spokesman, said information on military fatalities had to come from the Department of Defense. The Defense Department cannot release information until 24 hours after the family has been notified, said Staff Sgt. Christina Delai.
The military reported three soldiers were killed Monday in Baghdad when a roadside bomb detonated as they were evacuating a fellow soldier.
Timmerman graduated from Lakeview High School and had gotten married last year, the Independent...