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Pamyati SGT Yevgeniy Ryndych
Army Sergeant Yevgeniy Ryndych pogib 6 dekabrya 2006 goda pri vzryve IED v Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Emu bylo 24 goda. On bil pripisan k 9th Inf Regiment, 2nd BCT, 2nd ID, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Priehal iz Ukrainy v 1998 godu.
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The first blow was delivered to the fiancée of a Staten Island soldier by a man in uniform - word that her beloved was killed in combat in Iraq.
The second was delivered two hours later by a FedEx truck - a package from Sgt. Yevgeniy Ryndych with an engagement ring inside.
This story of love, war and cruel fate was described by Ryndych's grieving brother last night after the military confirmed that the 24-year-old soldier was felled Wednesday by a homemade bomb while on foot patrol with his unit in Ramadi.
Fighting back tears, his face tight with grief, Ivan Ryndych said his brother's beloved was named Kim, but he couldn't bring himself to talk about her - or what their life together might have been.
But his eyes flashed with anger when he realized he lost his brother on the same day a historic report damning President Bush's failing Iraq strategy came out.
"It won't change anything," said Ivan Ryndych, 20 today.
While weeping friends and relative gathered at the family's tidy home on a cul-de-sac, the Stars and Stripes flew at half-staff outside and loud wails could be heard coming from inside.
Ukrainian immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in 1998, the Ryndyches moved to Staten Island from Brooklyn a year ago. Their living room was filled with photographs of their son in uniform. He also had a younger sister.
Yevgeniy Ryndych joined the Army less than a month after the World Trade Center attacks, trained as an infantryman, and had a reputation as a crack shot.
"My brother wanted to go into the Army since forever," Ivan Ryndych said. "He wasn't the sporty type. He sat home and read books all the time and played army and strategy-type video games."
A graduate of Lafayette High School, Yevgeniy Ryndych loved Leo Tolstoy's novels and history books, his brother said. But he loved the Army even more.
Yevgeniy Ryndych was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, based at Fort Carson, Colo. He did his first tour in Iraq in 2004, and when he returned to Colorado he signed up to be a Green Beret.
But when his unit was called back for a second tour, he interrupted his training and returned to Iraq in October with his buddies. "I don't want to leave them behind," he told his brother.
His unit was sent to help Marines battling for control of Al Anbar Province.
Ivan Ryndych said family members visited his brother in Colorado Springs over the summer and met his fiancée. He said he never dreamed it would be the last time he'd see him alive.
Yevgeniy Ryndych is the 175th Fort Carson soldier killed in Iraq, the military said...
::::::::::::Svetlaya Tebe pamyat, Zhenya!
Priehal iz Ukrainy v 1998 godu.
Statya
The first blow was delivered to the fiancée of a Staten Island soldier by a man in uniform - word that her beloved was killed in combat in Iraq.
The second was delivered two hours later by a FedEx truck - a package from Sgt. Yevgeniy Ryndych with an engagement ring inside.
This story of love, war and cruel fate was described by Ryndych's grieving brother last night after the military confirmed that the 24-year-old soldier was felled Wednesday by a homemade bomb while on foot patrol with his unit in Ramadi.
Fighting back tears, his face tight with grief, Ivan Ryndych said his brother's beloved was named Kim, but he couldn't bring himself to talk about her - or what their life together might have been.
But his eyes flashed with anger when he realized he lost his brother on the same day a historic report damning President Bush's failing Iraq strategy came out.
"It won't change anything," said Ivan Ryndych, 20 today.
While weeping friends and relative gathered at the family's tidy home on a cul-de-sac, the Stars and Stripes flew at half-staff outside and loud wails could be heard coming from inside.
Ukrainian immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in 1998, the Ryndyches moved to Staten Island from Brooklyn a year ago. Their living room was filled with photographs of their son in uniform. He also had a younger sister.
Yevgeniy Ryndych joined the Army less than a month after the World Trade Center attacks, trained as an infantryman, and had a reputation as a crack shot.
"My brother wanted to go into the Army since forever," Ivan Ryndych said. "He wasn't the sporty type. He sat home and read books all the time and played army and strategy-type video games."
A graduate of Lafayette High School, Yevgeniy Ryndych loved Leo Tolstoy's novels and history books, his brother said. But he loved the Army even more.
Yevgeniy Ryndych was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, based at Fort Carson, Colo. He did his first tour in Iraq in 2004, and when he returned to Colorado he signed up to be a Green Beret.
But when his unit was called back for a second tour, he interrupted his training and returned to Iraq in October with his buddies. "I don't want to leave them behind," he told his brother.
His unit was sent to help Marines battling for control of Al Anbar Province.
Ivan Ryndych said family members visited his brother in Colorado Springs over the summer and met his fiancée. He said he never dreamed it would be the last time he'd see him alive.
Yevgeniy Ryndych is the 175th Fort Carson soldier killed in Iraq, the military said...
::::::::::::Svetlaya Tebe pamyat, Zhenya!
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