Stephen C. Hattamer
Staff Sergent, United States Army Reserve
January 19, 1960 – December 25, 2003
Age – 43
Gwinn, MI
Operation Iraqi Freedom
652nd Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve, Battle Creek, MI
Killed when his living quarters in Baquba, Iraq came under mortar attack.
Stephen was employed as a customer service agent with American Communications Network at Sawyer and was a member of the U.S. Army Reserve with the 652nd Engineering Company Detachment in Harvey. Prior to his employment with ACN, he was an active duty soldier with the Army serving as a military policeman for sixteen years and was also a member of the Marine and Army Reserves for nine years.
Stephen was a member of Victory Lutheran Church at Sawyer. He was also an elder of the church and often drove the church bus. He was always willing to volunteer whenever there was a need. Stephen took pleasure in working with the youth in the church and community. He enjoyed weight lifting, water and snow skiing and cooking. He was famous for his German chocolate cake, which was his mother’s recipe. His family will always remember him as a loving husband and father, a man who had a strong faith in Jesus Christ and one who knew intimately the meaning of John 3:16.
Stephen C. Hattamer enjoyed weight lifting, water skiing and snow skiing, but he was famous for his chocolate cake — using his mother’s recipe.