A heroic Sergeant was laid to rest Monday after giving his life for a child.
After lifting a boy out of the way of an oncoming armored vehicle, Sgt. Dennis Weichel was struck by the truck and subsequently died from injuries he sustained, according to the Associated Press. The military originally reported that Weichel had saved an Afghan girl.
A funeral service was held for Weichel on Monday in Providence, R.I. where the flags were flown at half staff, WPRI reports. He will be buried at the State Veterans Cemetery at Exeter.
"I knew Weichel would do something like that because he definitely cares about people," Spec. Seth Chiaro told the news outlet.
Weichel was posthumously promoted to Sergeant and was awarded the bronze star and the NATO Service Medal Afghanistan Campaign Ribbon RI Star, the AP reports.
During the funeral service, according to WPRI, Maj. General Kevin McBride called Weichel's selfless act "a virtue we should all live by."
Read the full story here and watch slide show:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/sgt-dennis-weichel-funeral_n_1397906.html
Watch video tribute to Sgt. Weichel:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/remembering-an-american-hero-28791791.html;_ylt=AkGkOJtsxiL1efT4EAWR5SIBS5Z4#crsl=%252Fvideo%252Fworld-15749633%252Fremembering-an-american-hero-28791791.html
After lifting a boy out of the way of an oncoming armored vehicle, Sgt. Dennis Weichel was struck by the truck and subsequently died from injuries he sustained, according to the Associated Press. The military originally reported that Weichel had saved an Afghan girl.
A funeral service was held for Weichel on Monday in Providence, R.I. where the flags were flown at half staff, WPRI reports. He will be buried at the State Veterans Cemetery at Exeter.
"I knew Weichel would do something like that because he definitely cares about people," Spec. Seth Chiaro told the news outlet.
Weichel was posthumously promoted to Sergeant and was awarded the bronze star and the NATO Service Medal Afghanistan Campaign Ribbon RI Star, the AP reports.
During the funeral service, according to WPRI, Maj. General Kevin McBride called Weichel's selfless act "a virtue we should all live by."
Read the full story here and watch slide show:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/sgt-dennis-weichel-funeral_n_1397906.html
Watch video tribute to Sgt. Weichel:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/remembering-an-american-hero-28791791.html;_ylt=AkGkOJtsxiL1efT4EAWR5SIBS5Z4#crsl=%252Fvideo%252Fworld-15749633%252Fremembering-an-american-hero-28791791.html
3 comments:
Thank you for sharing this story from my native home state, and Rhode Island is VERY small! HERO. Like you, Bill. I *salute* you and all who have gone before (us) and those who are (still) honorable men and women fighting for our freedom, so that we can live the way that we do.
I don't like war...
~J
Thank you for sharing this story from my native home state, RI. I salute you and those who have gone before us and those who are still fighting for our freedom so that we can live the way that we do.
I do not like war....
~J
You are welcome. I hope all will be home soon.
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