Home
A Marine from Texas survived combat in Iraq only to be murdered in the French Quarter -- stabbed to death even as he wore his dress-blue uniform complete with battle commendations pinned to his chest.
Sgt. Ryan Lekosky and his wife were wrapping up an evening celebrating the service's 235th birthday at a formal ball at the New Orleans Marriott on Canal Street.
"To know you survived some of the deadliest areas of the world ... to come home and be killed stateside," said Capt. Kate Vanden Bossche, a Louisiana spokeswoman for the Marine Corps.
Full Article: http://www.military.com/news/article/marine-dies-defending-his-wife.html?col=1186032325324
Sgt. Ryan Lekosky and his wife were wrapping up an evening celebrating the service's 235th birthday at a formal ball at the New Orleans Marriott on Canal Street.
"To know you survived some of the deadliest areas of the world ... to come home and be killed stateside," said Capt. Kate Vanden Bossche, a Louisiana spokeswoman for the Marine Corps.
Full Article: http://www.military.com/news/article/marine-dies-defending-his-wife.html?col=1186032325324
