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Minnesota soldier recovering from wound

Nov-30-2004 » Filed Under: TF Olympia

Our prayers are with this soldier and his family as he recovers.

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Associated Press

ALBERT LEA, Minn. -- A soldier from Albert Lea was recovering at a stateside hospital Tuesday after being seriously wounded in Iraq.

Sgt. Scott Heilman, 36, is a paratrooper with the 194th Infantry Detachment of the Iowa Army National Guard based in Johnston, Iowa. He was stationed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul when he was shot in the head by a sniper Friday.

After surgery in Iraq, he was taken to a military hospital in Germany, then transferred to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.

His mother, Sue Heilman, spoke with him Sunday. [...]

Scott Heilman's mother, his wife, Kim, and their three children, Rylie, 12, Samantha, 10, and Aspen, 9, flew to Washington on Monday afternoon.

``We have a lot of family in town and we have our support system,'' Sue Heilman said. ``Everyone has been wonderful, kind and caring.''


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