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Ceremony set for fallen Ellsworth airman


The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Sep 24, 2009 11:57:40 EDT

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Ellsworth Air Force Base is holding a memorial ceremony for an airman who died in combat in Afghanistan.

The Thursday morning ceremony for Staff Sgt. Bryan Berky is not open to the public.

Berky, of Melrose, Fla., was one of three U.S. troops killed in an ambush Sept. 12. He was a bomb disposal expert with the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth.

Berky’s funeral is Saturday morning in Melrose.



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