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Family loses 2nd Marine in noncombat incident
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 7, 2009 11:01:04 EST
Posted : Monday Dec 7, 2009 11:01:04 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.
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