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Jesse R Buryj
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Name: Army Pfc. Jesse R. Buryj
Age: 21
From: Canton, Ohio
Assigned to the 66th Military Police Company, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Pfc. Jesse R. Buryj was killed May 5 when his military vehicle was struck by a dump truck whose driver had been shot while trying to run through a control point in Karbala, Iraq.
Died: May 05, 2004
Ohio soldier killed in attack at checkpoint in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Canton, Ohio
Assigned to the 66th Military Police Company, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Pfc. Jesse R. Buryj was killed May 5 when his military vehicle was struck by a dump truck whose driver had been shot while trying to run through a control point in Karbala, Iraq.
Died: May 05, 2004
Ohio soldier killed in attack at checkpoint in Iraq
Associated Press
CANTON, Ohio — An Ohio soldier killed in Iraq died while heroically trying to stop an attack on an Army checkpoint, family members said.
Jesse Buryj, 21, of Canton, fired more than 400 rounds at a dump truck trying to crash the checkpoint near Karbala. He shot the driver of the truck, which then crashed into the Humvee in which he was riding, an Army sergeant told his mother, Peggy Buryj, on Wednesday morning.
“Everyone was fine, but Jesse’s stomach was hurting him,” she was told. “They took him to a hospital where they found he had massive internal injuries, and he died on the operating table.”
His mother said Army representatives were expected to...
Occupation
the 66th Military Police Company, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident
Army Pfc. Jesse R. Buryj was killed May 5 when his military vehicle was struck by a dump truck whose driver had been shot while trying to run through a control point in Karbala, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Jesse R Buryj
2007-03-25
A great soul never dies, I love you and will always miss my baby brother Jes