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Bufford K Van Slyke
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Name: Marine Pfc. Bufford K. Van Slyke
Age: 22
From: Bay City, Mich.
Assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Saginaw, Mich.
Incident: Marine Pfc. Bufford K. Van Slyke died Feb. 28 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: February 28, 2007
Bay City Marine dies in Iraq
The Associated Press
Age: 22
From: Bay City, Mich.
Assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Saginaw, Mich.
Incident: Marine Pfc. Bufford K. Van Slyke died Feb. 28 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: February 28, 2007
Bay City Marine dies in Iraq
The Associated Press
BAY CITY, Mich. — A Marine from Bay City was shot and killed at a checkpoint in Iraq, his mother said.
Pfc. Bufford “Kenny” VanSlyke, 22, was slain Feb. 27 in Fallujah, said his mother Cindy L. Fisher, 44, of Bay City.
“Kenny did the checkpoints, and he had all his gear on, but [a shot] went right through his armor,” Fisher told The Bay City Times for a story March 1.
“He was my hero. He was so young, and his wife just had a baby, and he’ll never get to see him again,” she said.
Along with his mother, father and two stepparents, VanSlyke leaves behind a wife, Kortni, and the couple’s 4-month-old son, Kaiden, in Bay City.
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Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Saginaw, Mich.
Incident
Marine Pfc. Bufford K. Van Slyke died Feb. 28 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Bufford K Van Slyke
2009-12-28
Bufford and myself talked while serving in Iraq in 2007 about home and how we both used to go to the big house in Bay City and we also talked about how we were going to hang out when we got home. He will be greatly missed as a friend and a fellow marine, there is not one day where he dosen't cross my mind and the talks we used to have.
Bufford K Van Slyke
2007-03-27
you were my best bud. Thanks for always makin sure to be there for me. I will always think of you, and keep you and your family close to my heart. I love you booford.