Photo: #From left, Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut's mother Jacqueline Carson, sister Natasha Carson, wife Aliesha Glidden and brother David Carson grieve during graveside services for the fallen soldier at Grandview Memorial Gardens Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Rochester. Dickhut, of Stewartville, Minn., was killed in in combat in Afghanistan on April 30, 2012.
Photo: #Members of the Minnesota Army National Guard Honor Guard place the casket of Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut into a hearse following funeral services at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Rochester, Minn on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Dickhut, of Stewartville, Minn served with the 5-20 Army Infantry Regiment and was killed in combat April 30 in Afghanistan.
Photo: #Jacqueline Carson holds a picture of her son, Nicholas Dickhut, 23 who was killed in Afghanistan Sunday, April 29, 2012. To the right is Dickhut's younger brother, David Carson. 9. Dickhut died during a firefight while on a mission with the 5-20 Infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne, according to his mother.
Photo: #Jacqueline Carson holds a picture of her two sons, Nicholas Dickhut, 23, who was killed in Afghanistan Sunday, April 29, 2012, and 9-year-old David Carson, 9.
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From left, Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut's mother Jacqueline Carson, sister Natasha Carson, wife Aliesha Glidden and brother David Carson grieve during graveside services for the fallen soldier at Grandview Memorial Gardens Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Rochester. Dickhut, of Stewartville, Minn., was killed in in combat in Afghanistan on April 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Rochester Post-Bulletin, Michele Jokinen)
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Fallen Minn. soldier remembered as a brother


ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A southeastern Minnesota soldier killed in Afghanistan is remembered as an "amazing" soldier and a great brother.

Mourners gathered Tuesday in Rochester to say goodbye to Army Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut. The 23-year-old died April 30 after enemy forces attacked his unit.

Tyler Jenkins met Dickhut when they were stationed in Fort Lewis, Wash. Jenkins says Dickhut "cared about his job and his brothers."

The Post-Bulletin reports Dickhut was buried with full military honors, including a 21-gun salute and ringing of the Honor Bell.

Dickhut was a Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier. He was a member of the 3rd Stryker Brigade that deployed in December and was attached to the 82nd Airborne Division as a forward observer.

Before his tour of duty in Afghanistan, Dickhut served in Iraq in 2009.

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