Family loses 2nd Marine in noncombat incident

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Family loses 2nd Marine in noncombat incident
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 7, 2009 11:01:28 EST

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — A Minnesota family has lost a second Marine in a noncombat incident.

Ron and Shar Pape received visitors at their home in East Grand Forks on Sunday and mourned the loss of their 23-year-old son Ryan Pape, a Marine Corps corporal. He died Thursday from injuries suffered during a parachute training exercise at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Ryan Pape graduated from high school in May 2005, a day after his older brother, Marine Cpl. Riley Pape, was buried in a cemetery near the family farm. Riley Pape survived fighting in Iraq’s Anbar Province, but lost his life in a motorcycle accident after returning to California.

The Star Tribune reports Ryan Pape followed his brother into a Marine reconnaissance battalion and served two tours in Iraq.


Article at: http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009/12/ap_marine_family_second_death_120709/