Cpl. Ryan J. Buckley
Hometown: Nokomis, Illinois, U.S.
Age: 21 years old
Died: June 23, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad.
Related Links:
Fallen son: Hillsboro says farewell to Cpl. Ryan J. Buckley, the town's first loss to the war in Iraq (Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill., July 2, 2006)
