Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Kelly of Klamath, Oregon was a 2001 graduate of Klamath Union High School. His father is a former detective in the Klamath County sheriff's office, and his mother is active in community theater. He joined the Marine Corps in June 2002 and in 2003 graduated with honors from the Marine Corps Basic Combat Engineer Course. As a child he would often pretend to be firefighter, dressing up in rain jackets and dragging around a garden hose. The picnic table was his fire engine, and shrubs were the fires he was trying to put out. As a young man he worked as a volunteer firefighter and served in the Police Explorers. He met Klamath Falls native Kate at a skate park when he was 11, and had proposed on the day after Thanksgiving. The couple were to be wed Nov. 27. Bryan was a cheerful man who was seldom with out a smile. He had sort of a grin; he knew they were people back home supporting him and waiting for him. He was 21.
Marines
1st Combat Engineer Battalion
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Pendleton, California
Marines
1st Combat Engineer Battalion
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Pendleton, California
Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Kelly of Klamath, Oregon was a 2001 graduate of Klamath Union High School. His father is a former detective in the Klamath County sheriff's office, and his mother is active in community theater. He joined the Marine Corps in June 2002 and in 2003 graduated with honors from the Marine Corps Basic Combat Engineer Course. As a child he would often pretend to be firefighter, dressing up in rain jackets and dragging around a garden hose. The picnic table was his fire engine, and shrubs were the fires he was trying to put out. As a young man he worked as a volunteer firefighter and served in the Police Explorers. He met Klamath Falls native Kate at a skate park when he was 11, and had proposed on the day after Thanksgiving. The couple were to be wed Nov. 27. Bryan was a cheerful man who was seldom with out a smile. He had sort of a grin; he knew they were people back home supporting him and waiting for him. He was 21.
Marines
1st Combat Engineer Battalion
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Pendleton, California
Marines
1st Combat Engineer Battalion
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Pendleton, California
