Michelle Witmer Killed in Action April 9th -- Witmer Family Website

God Bless these fine young ladies and those sons and daughters just like them. The world is a better place for having known Michelle Witmer.

Michelle (L-R), Rachel and Charity Witmer pose for a photo in Iraq . Michelle was killed serving in Iraq. The family is appealing to the military to prevent the two surviving sisters from being sent back to Iraq after her funeral.(AFP/Getty Images-HO)

Tue Apr 13, 3:05 PM ET Michelle Witmer poses with a young boy in Iraq (news - web sites) in this undated photo handed out by the Witmer family, April 13, 2004. Witmer was killed April 9 while on patrol with the National Guard's 32nd Military Police Company in Baghdad.

REUTERS/Witmer family photo-Handout

Mon Apr 12, 4:37 PM ET Michelle (left to right), Rachel and Charity Witmer have their picture taken in Iraq (news - web sites) in this undated file photo. Michelle, one of the three Wisconsin sisters serving in Iraq, was killed Friday, April 9, 2004, and the family is appealing to military leaders to prevent the two surviving sisters from being sent back after her funeral.

(AP Photo/HO)

Thu Apr 15, 4:45 AM ET

Charity Witmer (L), her sister Rachel (C) and brother Mark embrace prior to attending a news conference in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Several thousand people turned out to pay their last respects to Charity's twin, Michelle who was killed in Iraq, where all three sisters served, when her Humvee was ambushed last week in Baghdad.

(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)

Tue Apr 13, 4:28 PM ET

The family of Michelle Witmer mourns the loss of daughter and sister during a press conference at the Elm Brook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin April 13, 2004. From left to right are father John, twin sister Charity, sister Rachel, mother Lori, and brothers Tim and Mark. Michelle Witmer was killed April 9 on patrol with the 32nd Miltary Police Company in Baghdad, Iraq. Rachel is also a member of the 32nd M.P. Company and Charity a medic, both stationed in Iraq.

REUTERS/Allen Fredrickson

Tue Apr 13, 3:33 PM ET

Charity Witmer, (R) twin sister of Michelle Witmer, hugs a member of the clergy prior to a press conference at the Elm Brook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin, April 13, 2004. Michelle was killed April 9 while on patrol with the Wisconsin National Guard 32nd Military Police Company in Baghdad.

IMAGE TAKEN THROUGH GLASS REUTERS/Allen Fredrickson

The family of Michelle Witmer, members of the Wisconsin National Guard, and clergy members pray prior to a press conference at Elm Brook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin, April 13, 2004. Michelle was killed April 9, 2004 while on patrol with the National Guard 32nd Military Police Company in Baghdad. Editors note: Image shot through window.

REUTERS/Allen Fredrickson Reuters - Apr 13 12:34 PM

Wed Apr 14, 7:20 PM ET Wisconsin National Guardsmen gather outside of Elmbrook Church before the start of a family visitation and remembrance service for National Guard Spc. Michelle Witmer Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Brookfield, Wis. Witmer, 20, was killed during fighting Friday, April 9, 2004, in Iraq. Witmer's sisters, Rachel Witmer, 24, and Charity, 20, also serve in the Wisconsin National Guard.

(AP Photo/Peter Zuzga

Wed Apr 14, 9:38 PM ET

Charity Witmer is comforted by her sister Rachel (L) and mother Lori (R) as she eulogizes her twin sister Michelle Witmer, during a memorial service at Elm Brook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin, April 14, 2004. Father John (L) and brothers Tim and Mark also listen to Charity's memories of her sister. Michelle, a member of the Wisconsin National Guard 32nd Military Police Company, was killed on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2004. Rachel also a member of the 32nd MP Company, and Charity, a medic with the Wisconsin National Guard in Iraq have not decided if they'll return to Iraq.

REUTERS/Michael Sears/Pool

Wed Apr 14, 9:39 PM ET

John Witmer reads an email from his daughter Michelle Witmer, during a memorial service at Elm Brook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin April 14, 2004. (L to R) with John are Rachel, Charity, Tim, Lori, and Mark Witmer. Michelle, a member of the Wisconsin National Guard 32nd Military Police Company, was killed on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, April 9th. Rachel also a member of the 32nd MP Company, and Charity, a medic with the Wisconsin National Guard in Iraq have not decided if they'll return to Iraq.

REUTERS/Michael Sears/Pool

Thank you for your heart, archy.

Sisters Rachel (from left), 24, Charity, 19, mother, Lori,

and Charity's twin Michelle Witmer share a hug

~* Spc. Michelle M. Witmer *~

Army National Guard’s 32^nd Military Police Company, Milwaukee, Wis.

~ killed in the line of duty, April 9, Baghdad, Iraq. ~

All give some. Some give all.

"I have a daughter serving. May God take this brave woman into his arms and protect her and may he watch and protect her sisters. Her parents are grieving, please do not be harsh on them, it is their initial reaction to a media that is searching for these stories. My daughter will be going to Iraq mid May and doesn't fear death, God is with her, she's told me, she fears what terrorists may do to our country more so than dying for her country .... These women should be revered and honored as the soldiers they are. God speed to this family, may He guide and protect them in their time of grief." ~ Indy Pendance Fear for 2 More as Daughter Dies in Iraq ~ New York Times | 4/12/04

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