Ryan D. Walker
Died: January 5, 2006
Rank: Specialist
Unit: 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Branch: U.S. Army
Specialist Ryan D. Walker was killed on January 5, 2006, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad, Iraq. During convoy operations supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 25-year-old medic was trying to help Soldiers injured by an IED when a second IED detonated near him. Another Soldier was killed in the same incident. Walker was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Georgia. Family and friends buried their fallen son, brother, and hero on January 16, 2006, in Pilot Rock Cemetery in Pilot Rock, Oregon.
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