Authored by: anonymous on Sunday, April 02 2006 @ 12:09 PM MDT

Private Jesper Nielsen, you also deserves these medals, that you were awarded after your death: The medal for those who are killed or wounded in the service and The defence medal for Iraq.

You showed unshakable duty loyalty to duty as a human and valor.
Because in spite of that one of your young countrymen had lost the life in Iraq, a half year before you and that Denmarks reputation about the Muhammed cartoons. You was certain about that you wanted to go to Iraq, volunterely.

But it is sad that you also are killed in the line of duty.

My condolence is with your family.

I quote: ´´There is a hero in us, everybody, even if we has to give up, these things that means almost everything to us.´´ Like time with our non-military friends and/or family. Quote from Spider-man.

``Æret være dit minde.´´

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Authored by: anonymous on Saturday, April 15 2006 @ 12:26 AM MDT

Jesper thank you for serving for your country. You are a Hero to all of Denmark, the Iraqi people and a brother to the American forces you served along side of. You are someone's someone and you are someone to our family and our son US Army Sgt. Gregory L.Wahl KIA Balad, Iraq 05-03-04. You have not died in vain!

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Authored by: anonymous on Friday, February 23 2007 @ 09:11 AM MST

Jesper Nielsen was dispatched to Iraq, some weeks after he reached the age of 20.
Jesper had always dreamed of becoming a soldier. At age 13, started dreaming becoming a soldier.
After he graduated from the danish folk school, and turned 18, he joined the danish home guard as prepation for enlistment into the danish army, he also trained hard both physical and mentally before joining the army.
He was known as a descent and carring young man, that always carried for he's mother and younger brother during difficult times. His parents was divorced, and he himself had a younger girlfriend.
According to his mother, he was proud of being a soldier, and loved the life of being a soldier.
He was very engaged in the danish home guards and as an assistant to some educationalists.
When he turned 19 he was conscripted to the danish armys basic training program, at the Guards husars regiment based at Slagelse in Zealand.
After four months, he decided to join the army as a voluontary soldier, and was transferred to the royal life guard, and received eight months of advanced military training. The decision about serving overseas to Iraq, was take after much speculations because of the loss of life of first lieutenant Bjarke Kirkmand, and the international controvers about the danish newspapers Jyllandspostens carricatur drawings of the islamic prophet Muhammed.
He meant that it was the risk worth of being sent to Iraq, and tell people what Denmark is for a kind of country.
After two months in Iraq, he's mother was visited by two officers that had a sad message about her son.
Jesper was on a patrol with a column, the column was hit by an roadsidebomb, that hit his vehicle and wounded him and one another soldier.
The second soldier survived the attack, and private Nielsen was sent to a field hospital by an helicopter.
But when the chopper reached the hospital, he was dead!
Jesper was honoured at a ceremony in Iraq attended british, Lithuanian and danish soldiers. At the ceremony he posthumously received the danish defence medal for those who is killed or wounded, and the danish defences medal.
After that ceremony Jespers body was ride back home to Denmark, where he received a military ride.
His mother has, despite her loss, continued to support her sons comrades, and the danish militarys efforts to establish a new democratic political system in Iraq.
Jesper was born in Struer in north-west Jutland. In his town he was wellknown as a popular person. When he died the local school he attended decided to raise the flag at half, and so did the city hall.
His mother has received much condolensces from the government, the military, the royal lifeguards and the embassies of Great britain and the united states.

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