2LT R. Brian Gienau Biography
1976- 2005
2LT Gienau is survived by his mother Debbee Way of Dunkerton and father Richard Gienau of Waterloo. Lieutenant Gienau also has one son Keenan
Gienau graduated from Tripoli (Iowa) High School in 1994. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1994 and served as an Avionic Mechanic until 1998. Gienau enlisted in the Iowa Army National Guard in November 1999. He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 2003 and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. through their Reserve Officers Training Corps in 2004. Gienau mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom with the 224th Engineer Battalion in October 2004.
Gienau was killed when the up-armored Humvee in which he was traveling was hit by an improvised explosive device between Karbala and Ar Ramadi. He was assigned to the Iowa Army National Guard's Company A, 224th Engineer Battalion, in Burlington.
Gienau's death also revives another hard memory for the family and Tripoli community. Gienau's only sibling, a 14-year-old sister, Amanda, died in 1992 in a car accident. The girl was entering the ninth grade.
The Rev. John Fuller, the Prairie Lakes pastor, delivered the message Wednesday. He recounted Gienau's last church service before deploying, when he brought the lieutenant down in front of the congregation and prayed for his safety.
"The last thing we did for Brian, we cheered for him," Fuller said. "Our whole church clapped. It was the last time we saw him."
Then, addressing the funeral assemblage, the pastor asked, "Can we do that now? Can we cheer for Brian right now?"
With that invitation, every person in the sanctuary rose and clapped for nearly a minute for 2nd Lt. Brian Gienau, dead at 29 to a bomb along a road in Iraq.
Links to Gienau pages:
http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/gienaurichardb.html
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/03/10/news/metro/doc42307ea2ecaab543654967.txt
http://www.thehawkeye.com/Features/224/2241_0310.html
http://www.thehawkeye.com/Features/224/2241_0301.html
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