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  • Army sergeant who gave life to save Afghan child being flown home for burial

    03/29/2012 2:37:36 PM PDT · by Doogle · 26 replies
    FOXNEWS ^ | 03/29/12 | FOX
    An Army sergeant and father of three from Rhode Island who gave his life to save an Afghan child from being run over by a 16-ton armored fighting vehicle is being flown back to the U.S. and will be buried Monday. Sgt. Dennis Weichel, 29, died in Afghanistan last week after he dashed into the path of an armored fighting vehicle to scoop up the little girl, who had darted back into the roadway to pick up shell casings, according to the Army. Weichel, a Rhode Island National Guardsman, was riding in the convoy in Laghman Province in eastern Afghanistan...