Bryan W. Large

Died: October 3, 2005

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: D Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Sergeant Bryan W. Large was killed during combat operations in Haglaniyah, Iraq, on October 3, 2005. The 31-year-old Soldier was lead medic of D Company, 3rd Bat­talion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was in the vanguard of a major offensive called Operation River Gate when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee. Two other Soldiers also died. He was buried with full military honors at Chestnut Hill Memorial Park in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.