Ryan J. Baum

Died: May 18, 2007

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: 3rd Battalion, 509th, Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Sergeant Ryan J. Baum died May 18, 2007, in Karmah, Iraq, of wounds received from contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Alaska in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Baum was scheduled to go home the day after he died. Hundreds attended the fallen Soldier’s funeral held at Southeast Christian Church in Parker, Colorado.