Erin L. McLyman
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Age: 26
From: Federal Way, WA
Assigned to the 296th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
Incident: Army Pfc. Erin L. McLyman died March 13 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked her base with mortar fire.
Died: March 13, 2010
Lewis soldier had ties to Washington state, Oregon
Staff and wire reports
TACOMA, Wash. — An Army specialist with ties to Washington and Oregon has died in Iraq.
The body of Spc. Erin L. McLyman, 26, arrived March 15 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Her identification was released by the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center at Dover.
She died March 13 of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked her base with mortar fire.
She lived most recently in Federal Way. She graduated from Sheldon High School in Eugene, Ore.
Memorial honors Ore. soldier killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski joined about 300 relatives, friends and community members on Thursday at a Eugene memorial service for a 26-year-old soldier killed in Iraq.
Pfc. Erin McLyman died March 13 in Balad, Iraq, from injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked her base with mortar fire. She was a 2001 graduate of...