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Update on Spc. Ryan Peplinski

Jan- 5-2010 » Filed Under: 5/2 SBCT

A local newspaper has a nice update on a Stryker soldier who was seriously injured twice in Afghanistan.

Army Spc. Ryan Peplinski is back in America after he was seriously injured a second time in his second tour of duty in Operation Enduring Freedom.

The Marion Township native and 2003 Hartland High School graduate was sent to Fort Lewis, Wash., on Nov. 18 following an attack on his 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team on Oct. 23 in Afghanistan.

In the attack, his 40-ton Stryker vehicle was blown up by a pressure-plated improvised explosive device, killing driver Kyle Coumas of California, and knocking Peplinski and Platoon Sgt. Robert Montez of Texas unconscious for "at least" five minutes.

It was the second time in three months Peplinski had suffered serious injuries — including two concussions — in battle. The first, back in September, earned him a Purple Heart.


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