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William J. Kreutzer Jr. (born 1969) is a former United States Army soldier who was convicted of killing one officer and wounding 18 other soldiers when he opened fire on a physical training formation on October 27, 1995, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. [1]
William Kreutzer Jr. – killed an officer and wounded 18 fellow soldiers at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty) when he opened fire on them in the callisthenics field during a physical training formation. He was initially sentenced to death, but his death sentence was reduced to life in prison with the possibility of parole on appeal.
Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831), French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer; Samuel Kreutzer (1894-1971), Australian rugby player; Volker Kreutzer, West German sprint canoer; William Kreutzer, Jr. (born 1969), American soldier infamous for assassinating his commander and opening fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Bragg
Camp Bragg was established in 1918 as an artillery training ground. The Chief of Field Artillery, General William J. Snow, was seeking an area having suitable terrain, adequate water, rail facilities, and a climate suitable for year-round training, and he decided that the area now known as Fort Liberty met all of the desired criteria. [5]
Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and ...
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Colonel Wead, 1 other officer and 30 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 77 men wounded, and 3 men missing. Lieutenant Colonel William Kreutzer was commissioned as colonel, but the regiment did not have sufficient manpower for him to muster in. June 15–18, 1864: Before Petersburg
A man who died in an incident in Fort William has been named by police as 25-year-old Ben Campbell. Police were called to the town's Grange Road at about 21:55 on Thursday. A 19-year-old man has ...