Posted on 11/12/2005 6:52:00 AM PST by Jenny Hatch
(AP) GREELEY, Colo. The funeral for a soldier from Evans killed while serving in Iraq was held on Friday, Veterans' Day.
Pvt. 1st Class Tyler Ryan MacKenzie, 20, died Nov. 2 when a roadside bomb blew up south of Baghdad near the Humvee he and his fellow soldiers were riding in.
MacKenzie was assigned to the First Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, Second Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
He was the first Weld County resident killed in the Iraq war.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs4denver.com ...
Funeral Held For Soldier In Greeley On Vets Day Save It Email It Print It (AP) GREELEY, Colo. The funeral for a soldier from Evans killed while serving in Iraq was held on Friday, Veterans' Day.
Pvt. 1st Class Tyler Ryan MacKenzie, 20, died Nov. 2 when a roadside bomb blew up south of Baghdad near the Humvee he and his fellow soldiers were riding in.
MacKenzie was assigned to the First Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, Second Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
He was the first Weld County resident killed in the Iraq war.
MacKenzie was a 2003 graduate of Greeley West High School, where he played football for the Spartans.
He'd joined the Army just ten months ago, completed basic training in May, and was deployed Sept. 28.
Two other Fort Campbell soldiers died in the same attack that killed MacKenzie.
The funderal took place at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Greeley. Burial followed at a Greeley cemetery.
I was so pleased that channel four did not even mention the moonbats in the report. It made my day~!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519678/posts
Jenny
bookmark
Did anybody get punched? A WBC protester perhaps?
Heads up - reports after the fact that don't mention the WBC morons.
I shared this thread with my family and my brother who served in Iraq said "call me cynical but I believe the reason the news did not tell the story that the moonbats were at the funeral is simply because they don't want to do anything to make the anti-war people look bad, and just about EVERYONE can agree that demonstrating at a funeral is about as low as it can go.:
I think his point was well taken, and as much as I hate to admit it, I believe he is right.
Jenny
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.