NAME: Ryan Baum
PLACE OF BIRTH: Aurora, CO
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 Jun 1979
DATES OF SERVICE: ?? ??? ???? - 18 May 2007
UNIT ASSIGNED: 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
CAMPAIGNS: Operation Iraqi Freedom
AWARDS: Purple Heart Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War or Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Combat Medic Badge, Parachutist Badge
SUMMARY OF SERVICE:
00 May 1997 - Graduated from Smokey Hill High School in Aurora, CO
Graduated Ranger School
00 Jun 2005 - Assigned to Fort Richardson, AK
Married Amber
18 May 2007 - SGT Ryan Baum killed by small arms fire in Karmah, Iraq just one day away from a two week R&R in which he would go home to see the birth of his first child, a daughter
Laid to rest at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO, Section MC, Site 254
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