[Link to Full Article] POSTED: 10:57 am PDT May 6, 2004
CANTON, Ohio -- An Ohio soldier formerly based at Fort Lewis, Wash., died Wednesday in Iraq after trying to stop an attack on a U.S. Army checkpoint, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.
Pfc. Jesse Buryj, 21, of Canton, fired more than 400 rounds at a dump truck trying to crash the checkpoint near Karbala. He shot the driver of the truck that then crashed into the Humvee in which he was riding, an Army sergeant told his mother, Peggy Buryj, on Wednesday morning.
"Everyone was fine, but Jesse's stomach was hurting him," she said she was told. "They took him to a hospital where they found he had massive internal injuries, and he died on the operating table."
Soldier Formerly Based At Fort Lewis Killed In Iraq
[Link to Full Article]POSTED: 10:57 am PDT May 6, 2004
CANTON, Ohio -- An Ohio soldier formerly based at Fort Lewis, Wash., died Wednesday in Iraq after trying to stop an attack on a U.S. Army checkpoint, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.
Pfc. Jesse Buryj, 21, of Canton, fired more than 400 rounds at a dump truck trying to crash the checkpoint near Karbala. He shot the driver of the truck that then crashed into the Humvee in which he was riding, an Army sergeant told his mother, Peggy Buryj, on Wednesday morning.
"Everyone was fine, but Jesse's stomach was hurting him," she said she was told. "They took him to a hospital where they found he had massive internal injuries, and he died on the operating table."
