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  • Helicopter pilot dies in Iraq

    12/20/2006 5:00:22 PM PST · by TexKat · 24 replies · 1,230+ views
    AP ^ | 12/20/06
    A 27-year-old Marine helicopter pilot from eastern Wisconsin was killed in Iraq, only weeks after beginning his second deployment there, his mother said Tuesday. Capt. Kevin M. Kryst, of West Bend, died Monday of injuries sustained in fighting in Anbar province, the Department of Defense said in a statement. "He died from injuries due to being hit by a fragment of a mortar," said his mother, Elizabeth Kryst. "We're proud of him," she said. "But we're at a loss without him." Kryst was the oldest of six children. He had four younger brothers and a younger sister. He graduated from...