First Minnesotan dies in Iraq sniper attack:
"When the doorbell rang early Friday, Edward and Marcia Herrgott thought it was another relative coming to town to celebrate the July 4th weekend. But when Edward Herrgott opened the door of their home in Shakopee at 6:15 a.m. and saw two people in U.S. Army uniform, he knew something was wrong.
They brought the news that Edward's only son, Pfc. Edward James (Jim) Herrgott, had been killed Thursday in Iraq by a sniper.
Herrgott, who turned 20 last month, was shot in the neck while manning the gunner's hatch of a Bradley fighting vehicle outside the national museum in Baghdad. He is believed to be the first Minnesotan killed in the current conflict in Iraq, said Lt. Col. Denny Shields of the Minnesota National Guard."
R.I.P.
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