SOLDIER DIES FROM WOUNDS.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER -- A Lancaster man serving in the U.S. Army has died of wounds he suffered from on explosion while fighting in Iraq, the Pentagon said. Cpl. Ryan J. Clark, a 2004 Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. graduate, died Thursday in an Army hospital in Texas, where he had been flown after his injury, the Army said. Clark, 19, had been injured June 17 when an improvised explosive device Noun 1. improvised explosive device - an explosive device that is improvised I.E.D., IED explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Ramadi, one of the insurgent hot spots in the ``Sunni Triangle'' west of Baghdad. Clark had been serving with the 40th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team The brigade combat team (BCT) is the basic deployable unit of maneuver in the US Army. A brigade combat team consists of one combat arms branched maneuver brigade, and its attached support and fire units. , which is based in Germany. Services are expected to be held at Joshua Memorial Park in Lancaster, but no date has been set. Clark was the second serviceman from Lancaster to die from wounds suffered fighting in Iraq in eight days. Cpl. Christopher Leon, a 2004 Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
In keeping with Marine Corps policy, officials did not specify how or when Leon was wounded other than to say it happened during combat in Iraq's western al-Anbar province, which contains Ramadi as well as the other insurgent hot spot of Fallujah. Leon, 20, had been serving with the 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) refers to several small units of the United States Marine Corps who specialize in coordinating artillery, naval gunfire and Close Air Support for the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and allied foreign Armed Forces. , based in Okinawa, a unit that directs aircraft and artillery gunfire against enemy targets. Clark was the fourth man who grew up in the Antelope Valley to die in Iraq, all in Al-Anbar province. Two local Marines died there in 2004. Staff Sgt. Allan Walker, a 28-year-old Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
Walker was one of a dozen Marines killed in combat in the area that day. Walker had been with a unit sent in to aid other Marines who had been ambushed. Cpl. Ian Stewart, a 2001 Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). graduate whose father is executive director of a Christian camp and conference center in Lake Hughes, died in a December 2004 gunbattle. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) RYAN CLARK |
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