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By Sharif Durhams and Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel
A woman from Kiel was one of the 13 people killed Thursday in the shootings at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, and two others from the state were injured.
Kiel High School Principal Dario Talerico said that Amy Krueger, who graduated from the school in 1998, died in the shootings.
Talerico described Krueger as a typical small-town girl who joined the military soon after graduation and who had made a career as a soldier. Krueger had a sister and a brother who attended the high school and a large extended family in Kiel.
Talerico said few staffers remain at the 500-student school who worked there when Krueger was a student, but Krueger was considered a hero who appeared in the local newspaper, talking about her military experiences.
"I know she was proud to serve and proud to share her experience," Talerico said. "She took pride that she was able to serve her country."
Carrie Marie Senkbeil, who went to high school with Krueger, said she found out early Friday morning that her friend has been killed.
"She was one of the best people you could have ever met," she said.
The two graduated together and later shared an apartment in Sheboygan.
Senkbeil said friends of Krueger were planning to get together later Friday to talk about their friend and the times they spent together.
A second Wisconsin soldier has a bullet embedded in his leg after the Fort Hood shooting, according to his father.
Dave Moxon is the father of 23-year-old Army Reserve Spc. Grant Moxon, of Lodi. Moxon joined the military last year and had arrived at the Texas Army base on Wednesday after training in other states.
The specialist was sitting in the front of a processing room Thursday when he saw the shooter, his father said.
"When the guy started shooting, he could not believe he didn't get shot in the head," Dave Moxon said of his son. Moxon said his son pretended to be dead when he was hit in the leg and got out of the room.
Grant Moxon is a mental health specialist who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, his father said. He was scheduled to visit home for Thanksgiving and then to be deployed to Afghanistan.
Also, a Wisconsin woman, a soldier from Random Lake, was injured.
Amber Bahr put a tourniquet on a soldier and carried him away from the scene of the Fort Hood shooting before realizing she was shot, according to the commanding officer of the base.
In an interview Friday on NBC's "Today," Lt. Gen. Robert Cone relayed a story that Amber Bahr told Cone when he spoke with her Thursday night. Bahr's family said she was shot in the back and is undergoing tests.
The commander described Bahr as an "amazing young lady."
"Despite the fact she was shot, she assisted in helping other soldiers," Cone said.
