
OKLAHOMA CITY — Spc. Ryan Scott Michael Dallam, a third-generation Army soldier from Norman, has died while serving in Iraq, his father said April 9.
Dallam, 24, died April 6 in Baghdad when the Humvee he was driving hit an improvised explosive device, said his father, Scott Dallam. Two other soldiers also died in the blast, he said.
The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Ryan Dallam as a war casualty April 9, and said the other soldiers who died were Capt. Anthony Palermo, 26, of Brockton, Mass., and Pvt. Damian Lopez Rodriguez of Tucson, Ariz.
The three soldiers were assigned to the Army’s 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade...