Faces of the Fallen: This is a collection of information about each U.S. service member who died in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Spec. Ryan P. Long

Hometown: Seaford, Delaware, U.S.

Age: 21 years old

Died: April 3, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Army Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.

Incident: Killed in a suicide car bombing. An apparently pregnant woman stepped out of a car and ran screaming toward U.S. soldiers at the Hadithah Dam checkpoint. The car then exploded, killing three soldiers, the woman and the driver, also a woman.

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