First Iowa guardsman to die on active federal duty since the Vietnam War era.
He suffered heat stroke on August 9, 2003 while driving a truck for the 2133rd Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Centerville, Iowa in northern Iraq, where daytime temperatures had reached 125-130 degrees.
He slipped into a coma and was transported to a military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany where he had been kept on life support. He died five days later.
Survivors include his wife, Brooke; two sons, David Michael Kirchhoff Jr., 11, of Cedar Rapids and Sean Patrick Lekin, 12, of Boone, Iowa; three stepdaughters, Ashley RaeAnne, Aubrey Jo and April Rain, all of Anamosa; his parents, Larry and Nancy Kirchhoff, of Cedar Rapids; two sisters, Dawn Kirchhoff, of Oelwein and Denise Kirchhoff, of Cedar Rapids.
David Kirchhoff was adopted by the Kirchhoffs at age 3 and he is also survived by his biological brothers, Shawn Cecil and Michael Cecil of Louisville, Ky.
He was buried at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery on August 21, 2003 with full military honors, including a 21-gun salute and Taps.
He suffered heat stroke on August 9, 2003 while driving a truck for the 2133rd Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Centerville, Iowa in northern Iraq, where daytime temperatures had reached 125-130 degrees.
He slipped into a coma and was transported to a military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany where he had been kept on life support. He died five days later.
Survivors include his wife, Brooke; two sons, David Michael Kirchhoff Jr., 11, of Cedar Rapids and Sean Patrick Lekin, 12, of Boone, Iowa; three stepdaughters, Ashley RaeAnne, Aubrey Jo and April Rain, all of Anamosa; his parents, Larry and Nancy Kirchhoff, of Cedar Rapids; two sisters, Dawn Kirchhoff, of Oelwein and Denise Kirchhoff, of Cedar Rapids.
David Kirchhoff was adopted by the Kirchhoffs at age 3 and he is also survived by his biological brothers, Shawn Cecil and Michael Cecil of Louisville, Ky.
He was buried at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery on August 21, 2003 with full military honors, including a 21-gun salute and Taps.
First Iowa guardsman to die on active federal duty since the Vietnam War era.
He suffered heat stroke on August 9, 2003 while driving a truck for the 2133rd Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Centerville, Iowa in northern Iraq, where daytime temperatures had reached 125-130 degrees.
He slipped into a coma and was transported to a military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany where he had been kept on life support. He died five days later.
Survivors include his wife, Brooke; two sons, David Michael Kirchhoff Jr., 11, of Cedar Rapids and Sean Patrick Lekin, 12, of Boone, Iowa; three stepdaughters, Ashley RaeAnne, Aubrey Jo and April Rain, all of Anamosa; his parents, Larry and Nancy Kirchhoff, of Cedar Rapids; two sisters, Dawn Kirchhoff, of Oelwein and Denise Kirchhoff, of Cedar Rapids.
David Kirchhoff was adopted by the Kirchhoffs at age 3 and he is also survived by his biological brothers, Shawn Cecil and Michael Cecil of Louisville, Ky.
He was buried at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery on August 21, 2003 with full military honors, including a 21-gun salute and Taps.
He suffered heat stroke on August 9, 2003 while driving a truck for the 2133rd Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Centerville, Iowa in northern Iraq, where daytime temperatures had reached 125-130 degrees.
He slipped into a coma and was transported to a military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany where he had been kept on life support. He died five days later.
Survivors include his wife, Brooke; two sons, David Michael Kirchhoff Jr., 11, of Cedar Rapids and Sean Patrick Lekin, 12, of Boone, Iowa; three stepdaughters, Ashley RaeAnne, Aubrey Jo and April Rain, all of Anamosa; his parents, Larry and Nancy Kirchhoff, of Cedar Rapids; two sisters, Dawn Kirchhoff, of Oelwein and Denise Kirchhoff, of Cedar Rapids.
David Kirchhoff was adopted by the Kirchhoffs at age 3 and he is also survived by his biological brothers, Shawn Cecil and Michael Cecil of Louisville, Ky.
He was buried at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery on August 21, 2003 with full military honors, including a 21-gun salute and Taps.
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