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B – Battery Honored Fellow Fallen Soldier
Sgt. Ryan Jay Montgomery, 22, of Greensburg, Ky (Green County) was killed on Sunday, July 3, 2005, in Iraq when his up-armored HMMWV encountered an improvised explosive device while returning from a convoy escort mission near Baghdad. At the time of his death, Montgomery was assigned to Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, based in Campbellsville, Ky. His unit mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom in November and deployed to Southwest Asia in January 2005. Montgomery graduated from Green County High School and joined the military in September 2000 during his senior year of high school.
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