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Ryan Brandt Young

DS Memorial

September 7, 2005

Diplomatic Security
Memorial
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Third-Party Contractor
Year of Death: 2005

Ryan Brandt Young, Private Security Contractor, was killed on September 7, 2005, in Basrah, Iraq, by an improvised explosive device.

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