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November 10, 2006

Photo: Mourning one of their own at Rogers High

Journal photo / Bob Thayer
As a flag flies at half-staff overhead, members of the Rogers High School Junior ROTC program today mourn the loss of Army Sgt. Michael R. Weidemann, 23, a Rogers graduate who was killed Oct. 31 in Iraq.

A memorial service for him was held outside the Newport school, where he had participated in the ROTC program before graduating in 2001.

This afternoon, funeral services are being held for Sgt. Weidemann at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth. Burial will follow on the church grounds.

Weidemann was killed while on patrol in the Anbar Province west of Baghdad when his armored vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. He was serving his second tour in Iraq for the Army's 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division.

Tribute to the troops: Post condolences for Sgt. Weidemann.

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