Lyle W. Rymer II
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Age: 24
From: Fort Smith, Ark.
Assigned to the 239th Engineer Company, 39th Infantry Brigade, Arkansas Army National Guard, Booneville, Ark.
Incident: Army Spc. Lyle W. Rymer II was killed Jan. 28 when he was shot by enemy forces in Baghdad.
Died: January 28, 2005
Arkansas soldier killed by sniper in Iraq
Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Oklahoman serving with an Arkansas National Guard unit, killed by a sniper in Iraq, will be buried at the Fort Smith National Cemetery.
A teacher at Lyle Rymer’s high school in Roland, Okla, remembers Rymer as a “very good kid,” a quiet, hardworking student with his eyes firmly focused on getting his high-school diploma.
Rymer, who achieved that goal on time, was killed Friday while guarding an area in central Baghdad. Engineers were setting up barriers when he was hit by a single shot from an insurgent sniper rifle, according to his platoon leader, Lt. Brian Mason.
Rymer, 24, was serving with the Arkansas National Guard’s 39th Infantry Brigade, 239th Engineer Company.
Chuck Davis, a teacher at Roland High School, remembered Rymer from a study hall session held for students who came back from vocational tech school and had...