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Scott Kinzer Jr.
Every death leaves questions that may
never be answered. When the death is a 27-year-old with his life ahead of him, in a war itself that
sometimes seems to offer more questions than answers, it's especially hard. Such
is the case with Sgt. William Scott Kinzer Jr. of Hendersonville, NC. Kinzer,
with the 1st Squadron of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry
Division, died in Ad Duluiyah, Iraq, as a result of injuries
he suffered when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his patrol.
He is the fourth serviceman with
connections to the area to die in the current conflict in Iraq. Each leaves behind a hole in families
and communities that can't be filled. Each will be missed.
Kinzer attended Fletcher Academy on
Howard Gap Road. He was described by a former classmate as a wonderful,
kind person. If he was given a job to do, he always did it to the best
of his abilities.
"We're all just shocked that someone
so young, someone who's part of our group, had died."
This war, like all wars, will end some
day. When that day comes, we will look across the safe gulf of time and
be able to dissect what was done right, what was done wrong. Historians
will be able to parse out the important events and package it all to
make sense.
We look forward to that day. For now, we are stuck with
questions, and the family and friends are coping with loss. They are in
our thoughts and prayers.
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