Staff Sgt. Patrick Kutschbach / by Justin Merriman




TOP: Army Staff Sgt. Walczyk stands as the casket of Staff Sgt. Patrick Kutschbach, 25, of Kennedy is brought into St. Louise de Marillac Church in Upper St. Clair on Monday afternoon, November 19, 2007. Kutschbach, a Green Beret was killed in Bagram, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his Humvee was attacked with a rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire in the Tagab Valley in eastern Afghanistan's Kapisa province. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in Stuttgart, Germany. He leaves behind a wife, Ginger and one-year-old son, Bastian. MIDDLE: The flag-draped casket of Staff Sgt. Kutschbach is brought out of the Church after funeral services on Monday afternoon. BOTTOM: Ginger Kutschbach watches along side of her father, John Walden, holding her one-year-old son, Bastian as the flag-draped casket of her husband, Staff Sgt. Patrick Kutschbach is brought out of the church after funeral services on Monday afternoon.