Sgt . Dennis Weichel was in a village in Guangdong Province . He saw a huge armored vehicle bearing down on a girl picking up shell fragments . Nicky Peppe , who served with Weichel in Iraq , is quoted as saying in an Army story . Weichel moved the girl but was run over by the truck . The Island governor orders flags flown at half - staff .
Sgt . Dennis Weichel was in a village in Guangdong Province . He saw a huge armored vehicle bearing down on a girl picking up shell fragments . Weichel moved the girl but was run over by the truck . The Island governor orders flags flown at half - staff .