Post by brit0187 on Oct 27, 2005 6:42:04 GMT -5
Roadside Bomb Kills Another Local Marine In Iraq
Mariemont Grad Leaves Behind Wife, Three Kids
POSTED: 3:18 pm EDT October 26, 2005
UPDATED: 6:23 pm EDT October 26, 2005
CINCINNATI -- Another Marine from the Tri-State has been killed in Iraq, officials said.
Capt. Tyler B. Swisher, 35, of Cincinnati, died Friday when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive during combat against insurgents near Al Amariyah.
Swisher and another Marine were thrown from their vehicle and went into a nearby canal.
They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Swisher attended Mariemont High School. Family friend Jack Buchholz said Swisher was found to have a learning disablity, but struggled to overcome the obstacle.
"Not only did he overcome his learning disablity, but he ended up on the honor roll in his senior year at Mariemont," Buchholz said.
After graduating from Butler University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1993, he enlisted in the Marine Corps.
"He worked his way up," Buchholz said. "He went in, did the grunt work, went to boot camp, and always did the extra at boot camp."
He had been the commanding officer for his Marine company in Iraq. He was on his third tour of duty in the war-torn nation and had planned two more.
"He always excelled in whatever he did," Buchholz said. "Whenever someone said no, he said yes and did even better."
Swisher leaves behind a wife, two daughters, ages 15 and 7, and a 5-year-old son. They live near Camp Lejeune.
His parents, David and Mary Beth, live in Mariemont.
www.channelcincinnati.com/news/5182151/detail.html
Mariemont Grad Leaves Behind Wife, Three Kids
POSTED: 3:18 pm EDT October 26, 2005
UPDATED: 6:23 pm EDT October 26, 2005
CINCINNATI -- Another Marine from the Tri-State has been killed in Iraq, officials said.
Capt. Tyler B. Swisher, 35, of Cincinnati, died Friday when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive during combat against insurgents near Al Amariyah.
Swisher and another Marine were thrown from their vehicle and went into a nearby canal.
They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Swisher attended Mariemont High School. Family friend Jack Buchholz said Swisher was found to have a learning disablity, but struggled to overcome the obstacle.
"Not only did he overcome his learning disablity, but he ended up on the honor roll in his senior year at Mariemont," Buchholz said.
After graduating from Butler University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1993, he enlisted in the Marine Corps.
"He worked his way up," Buchholz said. "He went in, did the grunt work, went to boot camp, and always did the extra at boot camp."
He had been the commanding officer for his Marine company in Iraq. He was on his third tour of duty in the war-torn nation and had planned two more.
"He always excelled in whatever he did," Buchholz said. "Whenever someone said no, he said yes and did even better."
Swisher leaves behind a wife, two daughters, ages 15 and 7, and a 5-year-old son. They live near Camp Lejeune.
His parents, David and Mary Beth, live in Mariemont.
www.channelcincinnati.com/news/5182151/detail.html
