Friendly and self-sacrificing were how friends and co-workers described a soldier during a memorial service at Yongsan Garrison on Friday.
Lt. Col. David Frankenhauser, 8th U.S. Army Special Troops Battalion, was killed Monday when he was struck by a Seoul city bus while crossing the road near Yongsan Station.
Those close to him gathered at the Memorial Chapel to pay their respects.
“Today we are here to fulfill our part of the commitment we make as warriors,” said Special Troops Battalion commander Lt. Col. Kevin Colyer. “To honor Lt. Col. David Frankenhauser as a fallen comrade and to indelibly inscribe his mark on our heart and minds.”
Lt. Col. Maryann Otto, a close friend and co-worker described Frankenhauser as a devoted family man, a devout Christian and a generous friend.
“He was a servant to his colleagues and neighbors,” she said. “Some of our fondest thoughts of David are how friendly and outgoing he was. He always had kind words and a positive manner for each of us.
“He was the kind of person that would give the shirt off his back to someone in need.”
Frankenhauser, who served as the chief of transformation for 8th Army’s Future Operations Division, Operational Maneuver Directorate, Operational Command Post Korea, had served in the military more than 32 years in both the active and reserve components. He is survived by his wife, Marian, and four children.
He was from Maryland, and he once filmed a short Holiday greeting for WPXI, a Pittsburgh news channel, and for a Baltimore NBC affiliate. Here's more from MSNBC:
Frankenhauser served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. His wife said he was an active member of the Greater Grace World Outreach Church and was set to retire from the military in three weeks.
Here's a blog entry from friend and Army Chaplain Mitch Lewis, and here's a Facebook group to his memory.
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Is that it? He was simply crossing a road? Was he on a crosswalk? Did he have the right of way? Was he careful or careless when crossing the street?
From an updated article in Stars and Stripes.
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=59893
Frankenhauser was jaywalking across a bus lane when he was struck Monday night, a South Korean police officer said Thursday on condition of anonymity. The police spokesman said the case remains under investigation and that the U.S. military is to conduct an autopsy.
Jaywalking or not, the bus company has to fork over blood money. In Korea, even if the car/person you hit is at fault, in the end you are the one that hit them, so the responsibility (usually split 60/40) lies with you.
Who wants to bet his family doesn't see a dime?
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