Sgt. 1st Class Richard Schild, 40, of Tabor, South Dakota died after two improvised explosive devices blew up near his Humvee in Baghdad.
Schild was the office manager of Bon Homme Yankton Electric Cooperative. He and his wife, Kay, had two young children.
Co-workers described Schild as a dedicated family man.
"He loved Christmas," said Merlin Goehring, who worked with Schild at the electric cooperative. "He was always looking for new ways to decorate. He always wanted the Christmas tree up before Thanksgiving, and I would tell him, 'You can't light it up until Friday.' "
Ron Koupal, the retired general manager who hired Schild, said he enjoyed football and golf.
"He loved the Minnesota Vikings and the Nebraska Cornhuskers," Koupal said. "On Saturday, all the Cornhusker fans would get together and watch the game, and he was one of them."
Goehring said Schild graduated from Mount Marty College in Yankton and became interested in the National Guard.
On Monday, Goehring remembered what Schild had told him when he decided to re-enlist several years ago.
"He said he had never quit anything, and he didn't want to bow out of the Guard, even with the looming events in the Middle East," Goehring said.
**Thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Brad for fulfilling my photo request for Richard Schild.
Schild was the office manager of Bon Homme Yankton Electric Cooperative. He and his wife, Kay, had two young children.
Co-workers described Schild as a dedicated family man.
"He loved Christmas," said Merlin Goehring, who worked with Schild at the electric cooperative. "He was always looking for new ways to decorate. He always wanted the Christmas tree up before Thanksgiving, and I would tell him, 'You can't light it up until Friday.' "
Ron Koupal, the retired general manager who hired Schild, said he enjoyed football and golf.
"He loved the Minnesota Vikings and the Nebraska Cornhuskers," Koupal said. "On Saturday, all the Cornhusker fans would get together and watch the game, and he was one of them."
Goehring said Schild graduated from Mount Marty College in Yankton and became interested in the National Guard.
On Monday, Goehring remembered what Schild had told him when he decided to re-enlist several years ago.
"He said he had never quit anything, and he didn't want to bow out of the Guard, even with the looming events in the Middle East," Goehring said.
**Thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Brad for fulfilling my photo request for Richard Schild.
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Schild, 40, of Tabor, South Dakota died after two improvised explosive devices blew up near his Humvee in Baghdad.
Schild was the office manager of Bon Homme Yankton Electric Cooperative. He and his wife, Kay, had two young children.
Co-workers described Schild as a dedicated family man.
"He loved Christmas," said Merlin Goehring, who worked with Schild at the electric cooperative. "He was always looking for new ways to decorate. He always wanted the Christmas tree up before Thanksgiving, and I would tell him, 'You can't light it up until Friday.' "
Ron Koupal, the retired general manager who hired Schild, said he enjoyed football and golf.
"He loved the Minnesota Vikings and the Nebraska Cornhuskers," Koupal said. "On Saturday, all the Cornhusker fans would get together and watch the game, and he was one of them."
Goehring said Schild graduated from Mount Marty College in Yankton and became interested in the National Guard.
On Monday, Goehring remembered what Schild had told him when he decided to re-enlist several years ago.
"He said he had never quit anything, and he didn't want to bow out of the Guard, even with the looming events in the Middle East," Goehring said.
**Thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Brad for fulfilling my photo request for Richard Schild.
Schild was the office manager of Bon Homme Yankton Electric Cooperative. He and his wife, Kay, had two young children.
Co-workers described Schild as a dedicated family man.
"He loved Christmas," said Merlin Goehring, who worked with Schild at the electric cooperative. "He was always looking for new ways to decorate. He always wanted the Christmas tree up before Thanksgiving, and I would tell him, 'You can't light it up until Friday.' "
Ron Koupal, the retired general manager who hired Schild, said he enjoyed football and golf.
"He loved the Minnesota Vikings and the Nebraska Cornhuskers," Koupal said. "On Saturday, all the Cornhusker fans would get together and watch the game, and he was one of them."
Goehring said Schild graduated from Mount Marty College in Yankton and became interested in the National Guard.
On Monday, Goehring remembered what Schild had told him when he decided to re-enlist several years ago.
"He said he had never quit anything, and he didn't want to bow out of the Guard, even with the looming events in the Middle East," Goehring said.
**Thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Brad for fulfilling my photo request for Richard Schild.
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