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Oct-16-2009 » Filed Under: 5/2 SBCT

The Livingston Daily has an update on Spc. Ryan Peplinski, a soldier serving with the 1-17 INF, 5/2 SBCT in Afghanistan.

For the Peplinski family of Marion Township, news about their son's exploits in Afghanistan is typically scary.

In his second tour of duty in Operation Enduring Freedom, Army Spc. Ryan Peplinski — a 2003 graduate of Hartland High School — is no stranger to danger.

Since he deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 14, his family has heard secondhand how the Army gunner has been shot at, had his vehicle blown up by tank mines and was left unconscious and lacerated.

In a letter home received Saturday, Ryan Peplinski wrote that he's set to receive a Purple Heart for injuries he received in a late-August attack.


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