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Ryan A Martin
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Name: Army Pfc. Ryan A. Martin
Age: 22
From: Mount Vernon, Ohio
Assigned to the 216th Engineer Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard, Hamilton, Ohio
Incident: Army Pfc. Ryan A. Martin was killed Aug. 20 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle near Samarra, Iraq.
Died: August 20, 2004
Ohio soldier killed in Iraq buried
Associated Press
Age: 22
From: Mount Vernon, Ohio
Assigned to the 216th Engineer Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard, Hamilton, Ohio
Incident: Army Pfc. Ryan A. Martin was killed Aug. 20 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle near Samarra, Iraq.
Died: August 20, 2004
Ohio soldier killed in Iraq buried
Associated Press
LOUDONVILLE, Ohio — As the crowd of mourners thinned out, the father crouched and pressed his forehead to his son’s metal casket, then buried his head in his hands.
“He was a great man, a great American, a great hero. He stood up for his country,” Thomas Martin said Monday after funeral services for his son, Pfc. Ryan Martin, who died in Iraq.
“There’s no greater honor than serving your country and dying a hero.”
Martin, 22, of Mount Vernon, died Aug. 20 when a homemade bomb went off near the Humvee he was riding in near Samarra, Iraq. Lt. Charles L. Wilkins III, 38, of Columbus, also died in the explosion.
Both men served with the Ohio National Guard’s 216th...
Occupation
the 216th Engineer Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard, Hamilton, Ohio
Incident
Army Pfc. Ryan A. Martin was killed Aug. 20 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle near Samarra, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Ryan A Martin
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.