Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Troyer Age: 21 From: Tangent, Ore. Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Troyer died Nov. 19 of wounds sustained from small-arms fire while he was conducting combat operations against enemy forces near Karmah, Iraq. Died:
November
19, 2005 Albany remembers Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
ALBANY, Ore. — A Marine who was fatally shot in the head while on patrol in Iraq was remembered in this working-class community for his blazing fastball, his sense of humor and his devotion to family.
More than 300 people gathered at the Linn County Expo Center on Wednesday to say goodbye to Lance Cpl. Tyler Troyer, 21, of Tangent, who died on Nov. 19.
The crowd wore buttons with a picture of Troyer, who was a star left-hander for the West Albany High School baseball team before joining the Marines.
More than a dozen family members and friends told stories of the mischievous boy who sometimes got into trouble as a youngster. They also praised him as being the glue that connected a family split by divorce.
“Tyler was an example of a person with a destiny in his life,” Galen Troyer, the Marine’s uncle, said from a stage adorned with hundreds of flowers....
Prayers & Condolences For: Tyler J. Troyer BY Anonymous on Nov 07, 2006
I hang your picture above my porch and hope it lasts for a very long time there. I know you had a hand from wherever you are, in Cara's miraculous survival from a gunshot wound to the chest, on the same day of the month, with the identical AK-47, at nearly the same time of the morning. There's no better way to send a sign than that. Guardian soldier! I think of you every day.
Barb Felde, Auntie
Prayers & Condolences For: Tyler J. Troyer BY DONNYDO on Mar 09, 2006
Dear Lord hear my prayer. Please embrace with all Your love and mercy the soul of this brave soldier, Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Troyer, and comfort him with Your Divine Presence. Bless his heart and keep his family in Your Hands, Guard them and comfort them.