
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A paratrooper from Indiana who was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division has died of wounds he suffered when insurgents attacked his unit in Iraq, the military said Sept. 10.
Cpl. Ryan A. Woodward, 22, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked Sept. 8 northwest of Baghdad, the military said.
Woodward was a scout javelin gunner with the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Woodward, who joined the Army in February 2006, was attached to the 82nd Airborne Division in July 2006.
“Woodward was athletic and very outgoing, he always liked to tell jokes and...