Amy was a 1998 graduate of Kiel High School where she was active in sports. After graduation, she attended UW Sheboygan but put her schooling on hold after the attacks of September 11, 2001 to join the Army. After basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri she was stationed in San Antonio, Texas were she graduated as a Mental Health Specialist. In 2003 she was deployed to Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan and returned home in the summer of 2003. At this time, Amy decided to continue her schooling at UW Sheboygan, receiving an Associates Degree in Arts & Science. During that same period of time she also graduated from LTC's EMT program and with honors from the CNA program at LTC. In 2008, while pursuing her Bachelors Degree in Psychology at UW Whitewater she volunteered for another mission to Afghanistan and was preparing to deploy in mid-December. Amy enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, shooting pool, playing sheepshead, being social and living every day to the fullest. She was on 2 softball teams and 1 volleyball team. Amy was one of 300 soldiers who were lined up to get shots and eye-testing at the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood when shots rang out. The soldiers were processing to either return from or about to be sent overseas. A disgruntled U.S. Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and injured more than 30 others before he was brought down. Amy died doing what she loved, proudly serving her country.
Amy was a 1998 graduate of Kiel High School where she was active in sports. After graduation, she attended UW Sheboygan but put her schooling on hold after the attacks of September 11, 2001 to join the Army. After basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri she was stationed in San Antonio, Texas were she graduated as a Mental Health Specialist. In 2003 she was deployed to Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan and returned home in the summer of 2003. At this time, Amy decided to continue her schooling at UW Sheboygan, receiving an Associates Degree in Arts & Science. During that same period of time she also graduated from LTC's EMT program and with honors from the CNA program at LTC. In 2008, while pursuing her Bachelors Degree in Psychology at UW Whitewater she volunteered for another mission to Afghanistan and was preparing to deploy in mid-December. Amy enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, shooting pool, playing sheepshead, being social and living every day to the fullest. She was on 2 softball teams and 1 volleyball team. Amy was one of 300 soldiers who were lined up to get shots and eye-testing at the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood when shots rang out. The soldiers were processing to either return from or about to be sent overseas. A disgruntled U.S. Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and injured more than 30 others before he was brought down. Amy died doing what she loved, proudly serving her country.
