Ka Leo O Hawaii

Issue date: 12/5/07 Section: Commentary

Media Credit: Courtesy of UH Army ROTC Archive Lt. Jeremy Wolfe, Spring 2002 cadet batallion commander for the UH Army ROTC program, spoke at the commission ceremony in May.

He did not grow up in Hawai‘i, nor did he attend the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, but he was a standout in the Mānoa ROTC program.

Thus, Lt. Jeremy Wolfe was accidentally left behind in Ka Leo's series recognizing the sacrifices by locals, their families, friends and comrades. This is a bit of his story.

1st Lt. Jeremy Wolfe, U.S. Army - Menomonie, Wis. Wolfe was killed in a helicopter collision caused by enemy fire in Iraq on Nov. 15, 2003. Wolfe was the pilot of the chopper that carried Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Bolor, of Lahaina. The incident killed both men and 15 others. Wolfe was posthumously promoted to first lieutenant.

Wolfe joined the National Guard as a high school junior in Colfax, Wis., 80 miles east of Minneapolis, Minn. After a year of college, he joined the Army, which posted him to Schofield Barracks.

After two years of service, Wolfe won an Army scholarship that sent him to Hawai‘i Pacific University, through which he joined the UH Mānoa ROTC program.

In Spring 2002, he was cadetbattalion commander, and UH Mānoa student 1st Lt. Nainoa Hoe followed him that fall. Wolfe graduated with honors from HPU in 2002 with a degree in computer science.

Wolfe met his wife, 1st Lt. Christine Tadeo Wolfe, a UH Mānoa graduate, while they were both in the UH Mānoa ROTC program. She is a 1995 graduate of Farrington High School in Kalihi.

As a high school student in Wisconsin, Wolfe ran track. According to Christine, "He loved to run and entered all the races in Hawai‘i."

After graduation, Wolfe was one of only 30 who was selected to undergo officer training in the United Kingdom. Back in the U.S., he graduated among the top five in his flight school class.

Wolfe entered Iraq on Oct. 4, 2003. He was 27.

Previous installments of soldier profiles were published on Nov. 14, 15, 29 and Dec. 3. They can be seen at:
'Names and memories dramatize true cost of war', Nov. 14
'In Remembrance: Locals killed in Iraq and Afghanistan during 2005', Nov. 15
'UH-Hilo grad among last year's local war dead', Nov. 29
Careers, Sept. 11 inspired local soldiers who died this year, Dec.3
or back issues are available at Ka Leo's office.

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