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Donald J. Hasse & Jerry W. Mills

    
Friday, December 02 2005 @ 06:31 AM EST
Contributed by: River97
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Two U.S. Army sergeants with connections to south-central Kansas were killed in Iraq this week.

Sgt. Jerry W. Mills Jr., 23, of Arkansas City, and Sgt. Donald J. Hasse, 28, were killed Tuesday when a bomb detonated near their military vehicle in Taji, Iraq. The men were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 13th Armor Regiment at Fort Riley.


Jerry Mills Donald Hasse

Hasse's mother, Beth Ann Todd, lives in Wichita and said that her son graduated from high school in the Wichita Falls, Texas, area. Hasse served in the military all his adult life.

"I don't know if he always thought he would" have a military career, she said, "but I know he always totally believed in what he was doing.

"He was a great soldier, but he was such a wonderful human being. I am so proud of him."

Hasse is Todd's only son. Hasse has a son, 8-year-old Donald Jr., who lives in Minnesota with his mother.

Todd last spoke to Hasse on Friday. It was a short call, but it included the phrase every call did: "I love you."

She said that family, friends and her faith are helping her get through this difficult time. And she is assured by knowing her son is at peace.

"I know where he's at," she said.

Mills had just one month of military service left in Iraq, said his second cousin, Justin Mills.

"It's hard to get into the holiday, I'm telling you," Justin Mills said Thursday.

Justin Mills is especially close to Mills' father, Jerry Mills Sr.

"I keep thinking, 'Jerry, that was his only son,' " Justin Mills said. "It's heartbreaking that he's not coming home. He was coming home in a month and now he's not coming home at all."

Justin Mills said Jerry Mills Jr. had always talked of serving his country.

"He wanted to do it, he wanted to go in," he said.

But he also said Mills was ready to return home. His tour of duty was to end in January and he had aspirations of becoming a lawyer.

Angela Harding, dean of students at Arkansas City High School -- Mills was a 2001 graduate-- also recalled that he had wanted to be a lawyer.

"He was a quiet young man and really a fun-loving kid who obviously grew into a fine young man," she said.

"It's just tragic."

A service in honor of the men will be held Tuesday at Fort Riley. Family services will be held later.
 
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Donald J. Hasse & Jerry W. Mills
Authored by: anonymous on Friday, December 02 2005 @ 04:09 PM EST
to the families of DONALD HASSE and JERRY MILLS. OUR FAMILY RECENTLY HEARD THE SADDEN NEWS. WE UNDERSTAND THE LOST OF A SON! WE LOST OUR SON SGT. GREGORYL. WAHL KIA 05-03-04 BALAD, IRAQ. DONALD AND JERRY HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN! BOTH ARE REAL AMERICAN HEROES! AN I AM VERY THANKFUL OUR SON'S SERVICED TOGETHER. I REALIZE GREGORY HADN'T KNOWN THEM. STILL GREG REMINDED ME ALL THAT SERVE ARE HIS BROTHER'S AND SISTER'S. THAT I NEED NEVER TO WORRY. FOR WE ALL ARE WATCHING OVER ONE ANOTHER. AN IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN DAD. JUST MAKE SURE YOU THANK THE OTHER FALLEN SOLDIERS FAMILIES. AN KEEP US FRESH IN THE MINDS OF THOSE BACK HOME IN AMERICA. THAT WE WILL NEVER EVER BE FORGOTTEN. WE SERVED THIS COUNTRY WITH PRIDE! WE ARE THE ELITE OF ALL AMERICANS. VERY FEW EVER SERVE OUR COUNTRY. DONALD AND JERRY YOU BOTH HAVE TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF SO MANY. TO ALL THOSE YOU HAVE. ALL CHERISH THOSE MOMENTS SHARED WITH YOU. AN TO ENSURE YOUR NEVER FORGOTTEN. I URGE YOUR FAMILIES---TODAY! TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITIES AND POLITICAL LEADERS. REQUEST A STREET BE NAMED IN YOUR NAME. FOR YOU HAVE SERVED YOUR COMMUNITY, COUNTY, STATE AND COUNTRY. IT IS THE LEAST THE POLITICAL LEADERS CAN DO TO HONOUR YOU BOTH. YOU ARE SOMEONE'S SOMEONE AND YOU ARE SOMEONE TO THE WAHL FAMILY. GOD BLESS!
  • Donald J. Hasse - Authored by: anonymous on Saturday, December 03 2005 @ 07:01 AM EST
Donald J. Hasse & Jerry W. Mills
Authored by: anonymous on Saturday, December 03 2005 @ 10:28 PM EST
Donald and Jerry,
I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your families, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

"It Shall Be Done"(13th Armor Motto)
Donald J. Hasse & Jerry W. Mills
Authored by: anonymous on Tuesday, January 10 2006 @ 12:11 PM EST
I had the priviledge of knowing and working with both of these fine young soldiers at Ft. Riley. It saddened all of us here. To his family, friends and entire unit: Their deaths are not in vain, and I thank them for their sacrifice.
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