EMT Jeffrey Lewis Wiener
Last Call: Sat, May 7th, 2005
Date of Incident: Sat, May 7th, 2005
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Intentional)
Service Time: 2 years
Age: 32
Survivors
His wife Maria and daughters Mikayla Lynn and Theadora Rose
Incident
EMT Wiener was serving in Iraq as a Navy Corpsman assigned to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He joined the service following the terrorist attacks September 11, 2001.
Insurgents took control of a civilian hospital to stage an attack following a suicide bomb in a vehicle exploding approximately 30 feet from the patient ward.
A firefight ensued between the insurgents and marines that lasted about four hours.
EMT Wiener was shot and killed during that firefight.
Agency
The Jefferson County EMS has been disbanded and absorbed by the Louisville Metro EMS.
Louisville, Kentucky
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Tributes
There are 4 tributes for EMT Jeffrey Lewis Wiener.
Left on Thursday, May 1st, 2014
Thank you. Rest in peace. You will not be forgotten.