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Manuel A Ruiz
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Name: Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Manuel A. Ruiz
Age: 21
From: Federalsburg, Md.
Assigned to 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. died Feb. 7 in a helicopter crash in Anbar province, Iraq. Also
Incident: Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Manuel A. Ruiz was killed were Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (Petty Officer 1st Class) Gilbert Minjares Jr., Marine Capt. Jennifer J. Harris, Marine 1st Lt. Jared M. Landaker, Marine Sgt. Travis D. Pfister, Marine Cpl. Thomas E. Saba and Marine Sgt. James R. Tijerina.
Died: February 07, 2007
Eastern Shore man killed in Iraq helicopter crash
The Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Federalsburg, Md.
Assigned to 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. died Feb. 7 in a helicopter crash in Anbar province, Iraq. Also
Incident: Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Manuel A. Ruiz was killed were Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (Petty Officer 1st Class) Gilbert Minjares Jr., Marine Capt. Jennifer J. Harris, Marine 1st Lt. Jared M. Landaker, Marine Sgt. Travis D. Pfister, Marine Cpl. Thomas E. Saba and Marine Sgt. James R. Tijerina.
Died: February 07, 2007
Eastern Shore man killed in Iraq helicopter crash
The Associated Press
FEDERALSBURG, Md. — A sailor from the Eastern Shore was one of seven people killed when a U.S. Marine transport helicopter crashed in Iraq, his mother said Feb. 8.
Manuel Ruiz, 21, of Federalsburg, was a Navy paramedic assigned to Camp Lejeune, N.C.
His mother, Lisa Ruiz, described him as a “very outgoing” man who loved running. He attended Colonel Richardson High School in Federalsburg, joined the Navy three years ago and was just two weeks into his second tour in Iraq, she said.
“I spoke with him last week,” she said. “He was saying how much he loved his job, what he was doing.”
At Ruiz’s former high school, the news of his death was met...
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2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident
Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Manuel A. Ruiz died Feb. 7 in a helicopter crash in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed were Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (Petty Officer 1st Class) Gilbert Minjares Jr., Marine Capt. Jennifer J. Harris, Marine 1st Lt. Jared M. Landaker, Marine Sgt. Travis D. Pfister, Marine Cpl. Thomas E. Saba and Marine Sgt. James R. Tijerina.
Prayers & Messages
Manuel A Ruiz
2007-04-15
MANALITO-RYLEE MISSES AND LOVES YOU !!!!!
Manuel A Ruiz
2007-03-12
REst in peace sweet one.
Manuel A Ruiz
2007-03-12
REst in peace sweet one.