Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn
Hometown: Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Age: 19 years old
Died: November 7, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Marines, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar Province.
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Sgt. Bryan K. Burgess
Hometown: Garden City, Michigan, U.S.
Age: 35 years old
Died: November 9, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Marines, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve, Perrysburg, Ohio
Incident: Killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar Province.
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THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
When times like these happen,
a silence follows...
what can we say when someone gave
us the ultimate gift,
took our place in time and gave
all that can be given,
wrapped in fine paper, when we
never asked them for it?
In this silence, I'd like to
interject a memory
of better times, of proud moments,
when daily service brought hilarious results, sometimes caused
extreme boredom...made everyone hungry.
Heroes forever light up our memories, longer than anyone else survives, because the tales
of their deeds, the remembrance
of sacrifice makes us remember
them more, just like the purest
gifts.
We can return little to fallen
heroes, often can't give back the
gift...and it's not right to
return it.
Our thanks are in our thoughts,
our memories,
where their plaques of remembrance
shine the brightest.
In their memory, we can reach out
further to fellow men,
give more than we've given before,
care more.
And when we do something significant, then we can say,
"I do this in your memory,
God bless you."
by Chris Goebel
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