thedrifter
03-03-07, 06:29 PM
Family: Son killed in Iraq was weeks away from coming home
WFMJ Youngstown
KENT, Ohio A sailor from northeast Ohio who was scheduled to return home by the end of the month was killed in Iraq.
Twenty-one-year-old Luke Emch was a Navy corpsman assigned to the Marines. His family said he was killed Thursday by an explosive device near Ramadi.Emch lived in Brimfield Township near Kent.Emch was a 2004 graduate of Tallmadge High School. His family says he was scheduled to wrap up his tour of duty today, and after a few weeks of debriefings, return home by the end of March.Emch attended the University of Akron for a year before deciding to join the Navy in 2006.His father, Wesley Emch, says he argued with his son about that decision. He says his son felt a civic duty and responsibility to the country.
Ellie
WFMJ Youngstown
KENT, Ohio A sailor from northeast Ohio who was scheduled to return home by the end of the month was killed in Iraq.
Twenty-one-year-old Luke Emch was a Navy corpsman assigned to the Marines. His family said he was killed Thursday by an explosive device near Ramadi.Emch lived in Brimfield Township near Kent.Emch was a 2004 graduate of Tallmadge High School. His family says he was scheduled to wrap up his tour of duty today, and after a few weeks of debriefings, return home by the end of March.Emch attended the University of Akron for a year before deciding to join the Navy in 2006.His father, Wesley Emch, says he argued with his son about that decision. He says his son felt a civic duty and responsibility to the country.
Ellie