Timothy J. Lauer killed by I.E.D.

Army Spc. Timothy J. Lauer was a family man in Crawford County who enjoyed music, sports and playing cards.

Lauer, 25, of State Street, Meadville, was one of three soldiers killed in Iraq when a roadside bomb went off near their vehicle in Baghdad, the Defense Department announced Tuesday.

Also killed in Saturday's explosion were Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Kane, of Darby, Delaware County, and 1st Sgt. Charles M. King, of Mobile, Ala. The three were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.

Lauer was a 2000 graduate of Cochranton High School, where he played football and baseball, and Crawford County Vocational-Technical School. He was a member of the Black Water Band and enjoyed bowling, hunting, fishing and playing cards.

He married Valerie Kline on Dec. 31, 2004. In addition to his wife, he is survived by four daughters, a son, his parents and two brothers.

From the Pittsburgh Tribune Review