Attack on Fort Hood: Faces of the Victims

Nov. 6, 2009 — -- The numbers do not tell the tale. So many were killed or wounded when Maj. Nadil Malik Hasan allegedly opened fire in a room crowded with hundreds of soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas.

Now, families across the country are mourning their dead or frantically trying to contact wounded loved ones. The faces of the victims vary widely: young men, just out of training; battle-hardened veterans, returning from long tours of duty abroad.

Here are some of their stories:

Fallen: Spc. Jason Dean Hunt, 22

Spc. Jason Dean Hunt was killed in the shooting at Fort Hood Thursday, according to ABC News' Oklahoma affiliate KOCO. The 22-year-old was married two months ago.

"He was the most kind hearted person in the world," a family member told KOCO. Hunt served in Iraq for 15 months before returning to the United States, according to family member.

Fallen: Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19

Aaron Thomas Nemelka had just finished his advanced individual training as a combat engineer and was preparing to deploy to Iraq in early 2010 when he was cut down in the Fort Hood shooting Thursday. The 19-year-old joined the Army in October, a military spokesperson for the family told ABC News.

The youngest of four children, Nemelka was an Eagle Scout and volunteered for the military out of high school.

"[His family] was very, very proud of him for wanting to serve," casualty assistance officer Tammy Sower told ABC News. "He basically entered the military because he wanted to serve. … Of course they're devastated."

Fallen: Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29

One of the victims, 29-year-old Amy Krueger, came from such a small town in Wisconsin that her family broke the news of her death to the community through the local high school.

"She was a typical small town kid, very well connected to her high school," Kiel High School Principal Dario Talerico told ABC News of the 1998 graduate. "It's a small town, small community. Everybody knows everybody. I really hits close to home.

Fallen: Pfc. Michael Pearson, 21

21-year-old Pfc. Michael Pearson of Bolington, Ill., was among those killed in the Fort Hood shooting. Pictured here in a school photo provided to The Associated Press by Prestige Portraits by Lifetouch in Woodridge, Ill., Pearson joined the military to "see the world," his mother told the Chicago Tribune.

"He felt he was in a rut. He wanted to travel, see the world," Sheryll Pearson said. "He also wanted an opportunity to serve the country."

Injured: Kimberly Munley, 34

Civilian officer Kimberly Munley has been hailed as a hero after she reportedly ended the rampage at Fort Hood by shooting the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, several times. In the firefight, Munley sustained three gunshot wounds.

Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone, the commanding officer at Fort Hood, said Munley was "quite effective, one of our most impressive young policemen."

"She walked up and basically engaged him," Cone said. "I think, certainly, this could've been far worse."

Munley spent Thursday night calling her fellow co-workers from her hospital bed to make sure everyone was OK, said Cone.

Injured: Cpl. Nathan Hewitt, 27

Cpl. Nathan Hewitt, 27, helped his fellow soldiers escape the carnage, despite taking a bullet to the hip and calf.

"I heard somebody shooting at them, and then I tried to get people out with me as I saw a way to get out," Hewitt told ABC News.

"There was people hurt worse than I was. I was trying to help them out before I worried about myself.

"Pray for the ones that didn't make it and the ones that are hurt worse than I am."

Injured: Amber Bahr, 19

Soldier Amber Bahr, 19, suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach but is in stable condition. According to her father, she's a fighter and loves the military.

"I'm sure she's down there fighting right now," Bahr's father, Todd Koeping, told "Good Morning America." "[I'm] just hoping and praying that everything works out fine.

Injured: Private Ray Saucedo

Soldier Ray Saucedo was shot in the arm while escorting a fellow soldier to the medical facility for treatment.

Saucedo and his wife Ashley have two young children, according to The Associated Press. Saucedo reportedly joined the Army last year.

Injured: Spc. Keara Bono, 21

Army Spc. Keara Bono, 21, was shot twice in rampage. One bullet hit her in the back and another grazed her head, her mother, Peggy McCarty, told "Good Morning America."

Bono's husband, Joey Torkelson, said he got a call from Bono but could only hear screaming. Later, another soldier called Bono to tell him she was all right. Finally, Bono called Torkelson to tell him she had survived.

"They shot me and I'm still here in this country," Bono said, according to Torkelson.

A soldier who was with Bono removed a bullet from a wounded soldier on the scene, rather than waiting for evacuation, Torkelson said.

Injured: Spc. Grant Moxon

Spc. Grant Moxon of Lodi, Miss., was wounded in the leg during the Fort Hood attack, according to The Associated Press. The Army Reservist is from Lodi, Miss.