Wisconsin buries a citizen soldier
Allen Powell II, Star Tribune
Published July 24, 2003 GABR24
SPOONER, WIS. -- Sgt. Dan Gabrielson was the guy you went to when you needed something done. Quietly confident, he was always a leader whether he was building a fence or leading a unit in the desert, friends and family members said.
"He was the go-to guy," said Vanessa Gabrielson, 20, Dan's oldest daughter. "He was always there to help everybody."
Late Wednesday morning, mourners filled Trinity Lutheran Church in Spooner for the funeral of the Army Reserve veteran who was killed in Iraq earlier this month. Relatives and friends gathered in the church's small, sunken sanctuary -- overflowing into an outside amphitheater -- to honor a man who was described as a family man and a hero.
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Gabrielson, 41, of Frederic, Wis., was killed when the convoy he was traveling in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade about 120 miles north of Baghdad. Two other soldiers were wounded in the attack.
Gabrielson repaired construction equipment for the 652nd Engineer Company, based in Ellsworth, Wis., and was riding in the last vehicle in the convoy during the attack, said Brig. Gen. Michael Beasley, commanding officer of the 88th Regional Support Command, of which the company is a part.
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RIP Sgt Dan Gabrielson