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Navy medic from Oregon killed in Afghanistan

The Columbian
Published: August 14, 2011, 5:00pm

FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) — The body of an Oregon sailor who was killed while serving as a medic with the Marines in Afghanistan arrived Saturday at Dover Air Force Base for transfer to Forest Grove where his funeral will be held.

Ryley Gallinger-Long will be buried in Willamette National Cemetery.

The 19-year-old from Cornelius was killed Thursday. His brother Zack Gallinger-Long of Hillsboro told The Oregonian (http://bit.ly/nwKYX1 ) he was shot while tending to a wounded Marine.

Ryley Gallinger-Long was a 2010 graduate of Forest Grove High School who married his high school sweetheart in March. He was assigned to a Marine unit at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

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