Army Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut

Army Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut, 23, was remembered not only as an expert artillery forward observer, but also as a brother.

“He was an amazing soldier,” said Tyler Jenkins, who met Dickhut when they were stationed together in Fort Lewis, Wash. “He cared about his job and his brothers.”

Dickhut died April 30, 2012 in Zharay, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when the enemy attacked his unit with small arms fire, the Department of Defense said.