thedrifter
08-03-07, 04:18 AM
Posted on Fri, Aug. 03, 2007
Marine buried in Louisville
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hundreds of mourners gathered yesterday for the funeral of a Louisville Marine killed in combat in Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Robert A. Lynch, 20, and two other Marines were killed last week in Diyala province during an operation against a Sunni insurgent stronghold.
A wind snapped through a row of American flags held by mourners, relatives, colleagues and friends who came to pay final tributes to Lynch at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery. Bagpipers played Amazing Grace, buglers played Taps and fellow service members fired a 21-gun salute as mourners gathered in the heat.
Family members said Lynch was eager to join the military right out of high school.
Lynch's brother Michael spoke at the funeral, saying he had doubts about his brother making it through Marine boot camp.
"But he proved me wrong," Michael Lynch said.
A motorcycle group called the Patriot Guard Riders, made up of bikers and veterans, stood outside the church before the service.
Ellie
Marine buried in Louisville
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hundreds of mourners gathered yesterday for the funeral of a Louisville Marine killed in combat in Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Robert A. Lynch, 20, and two other Marines were killed last week in Diyala province during an operation against a Sunni insurgent stronghold.
A wind snapped through a row of American flags held by mourners, relatives, colleagues and friends who came to pay final tributes to Lynch at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery. Bagpipers played Amazing Grace, buglers played Taps and fellow service members fired a 21-gun salute as mourners gathered in the heat.
Family members said Lynch was eager to join the military right out of high school.
Lynch's brother Michael spoke at the funeral, saying he had doubts about his brother making it through Marine boot camp.
"But he proved me wrong," Michael Lynch said.
A motorcycle group called the Patriot Guard Riders, made up of bikers and veterans, stood outside the church before the service.
Ellie