Family remembers Iraq victim - Fort Knox-based specialist died in husband's arms

Courier-Journal (Louisville KY) ^ | 12-21-03 | MARK SCOLFORO

[jaykay]

Staff Sgt. Max Voelz told his wife's parents that she had been the best thing that had ever happened to him.

CARLISLE, Pa. — In the days since Army Staff Sgt. Kimberly A. Voelz died Dec.14 in the arms of her soldier husband, killed by the makeshift bomb she was preparing to disarm, artifacts of her life have been arriving at her parents' home.

[jaykay]

Considering the disasterous effect these roadside I.E.D.s have (Yesterday, 2 U.S. soldiers were killed, 2 wounded and an Irqi translator killled - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1044800/posts) Staff SGT Voelz saved lives while tragically losing her own.

[Prime Choice]

Keeping this brave woman and her family in my thoughts and prayers. What a horrible loss...

[JustPiper]

A need to be read thread!

[oldironsides]

Sending mothers, wives and sisters to war while men sip coffee at Starbucks is a bad idea. Maybe the manicured and styled hair male types in Washington will be bothered by this? I doubt it.

[jaykay]

Those "manicured and styled hair male types in Washington" are bothered now that someone has suggested that they should be doing heavier work. Good.