Army Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Zeigler

Died August 12, 2006 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

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31, of Overland Park, Kan.; assigned to 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Aug. 12 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Michael C. Lloyd.

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Missouri town honors soldier

The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Flags were lowered to half-staff in a northwest Missouri town for a 31-year-old soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Zeigler, originally from Braymer, died Saturday in Baghdad as he and another soldier tried to disable the explosive device, the Defense Department said.

“He told the rest of them to stay back, and they went to disarm it,” said Keith Mallory, Zeigler’s stepfather.

The other soldier, Staff Sgt. Michael C. Lloyd of San Antonio, also was killed.

Both men were assigned to the Army’s 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.

Zeigler is survived by his wife, Stacy, and four children.

The couple had met in Overland Park, Kan., when Zeigler lived there briefly after leaving the Army following his first enlistment, Mallory said.

The Kansas City Star contributed to this story.