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Hometown gathers to remember Hood victim
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Nov 9, 2009 8:59:14 EST
Posted : Monday Nov 9, 2009 8:59:14 EST
KIEL, Wis. — Several hundred residents of a small Wisconsin community gathered Sunday night to pay tribute to a hometown soldier who was one of 13 people killed last week in an assault at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas.
The vigil for Army Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger was held Veterans Park in Kiel. Many in attendance held candles high in honor of the 29-year-old soldier, who enlisted in the service after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Krueger was receiving final training at Fort Hood before her deployment to Afghanistan in December.
Rev. David Mercer of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, which Krueger attended, told the crowd that the young soldier was taken "in a random senseless act of transgression."
About 10 of Krueger's young cousins sang "Amazing Grace" near the end of the vigil, bringing tears to many in the crowd.
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