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Local NewsKiel Soldier Laid to RestBy Aaron DiamantKIEL - Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger's family and friends packed into the gymnasium of Kiel High School Saturday to pay their final respects to the fallen soldier. Krueger, a mental health specialist with the Madison-based 467th Medical Detachment, was one of 13 soldiers killed at Fort Hood on Nov. 5. She had arrived at Fort Hood just days earlier to prepare for her second tour to Afghanistan. Krueger was what's called "Army Proud." She was often seen in an Army hat or shirt and sported a tattoo that had a tattered American flag and read: "All gave some. Some gave all. Sacrifice." Those words were painted on signs along the hallways that led to her former school's gymnasium, which was filled with people who remembered the 29-year-old as a determined, energetic young woman with a magnetic smile. "It is that smile and that energy that keeps us going throughout this difficult time," her parents, Jeri Krueger and David Diem, said in a statement. Their daughter joined the U.S. Army Reserves after the 2001 terrorist attacks and vowed to hunt down bin Laden. When her mother said she couldn't do it alone, the soldier told her: "Watch me." "She loved what she was doing, and she gave her heart and her life for this cause," said Sabrina Nucciaroni. Nucciaroni became close friends with Krueger while writing a feature story on her after her first tour of duty. "She really had a conviction, and her energy showed it. Her eyes were the window to her soul, truly, the sensitivity of her soul," said Nucciaroni. Krueger was laid to rest not far from Kiel High School. (The Associated Press contributed to this report.) |
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