Ryan P Long
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Age: 21
From: Seaford, Del.
Assigned to A Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga. died from severe injuries sustained in car-bomb suicide attack in Iraq.
Incident: Army Spc. Ryan P. Long was killed
Died: April 03, 2003
Ryan Long, 21, loved being in the Army, but he also was a competitive soccer player with a passion for snowboarding, music, motorcycles and water sports.
“The most remarkable thing about Ryan was that he lived life to the fullest,” his mother, Donna Long, said. “Everything that he did, he gave 110 percent. He was very good, very generous, very kind. We were proud of him.”
Joining the military was a foregone conclusion for Long, a fourth-generation soldier from Seaford, Del., who had looked forward to serving since he was child. He was killed in a suicide car-bomb attack April 3 while coming to the aid of a pregnant woman standing next to the car. The woman, who had been a passenger in the car, also was killed.
Long was active in Junior ROTC...