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  • Tacoma soldier comes home from Iraq to bury brother slain by robbers (tissue alert)

    11/23/2009 2:57:27 PM PST · by llevrok · 18 replies · 961+ views
    The News Tribune ^ | 11/23/09 | Joyce Chen
    Ryan Nettleton was serving his second tour in Iraq when he learned his police officer brother Trevor had been shot and killed Thursday in Las Vegas. Without sleeping or showering, the 26-year-old specialist from Tacoma flew to Kuwait, then Washington, D.C., then Washington state. Upon landing Saturday, he headed straight to Fort Lewis to pick up his dress blues so he could honor the older brother who inspired him to join the military. Ryan Nettleton will wear his formal uniform Wednesday at a Mass for Trevor in Las Vegas. Family members rallied to raise money for him to fly to...