2nd Lt. Ryan LeDuc

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2nd Lt. Ryan David LeDuc, 28, of Pana died 5:50 a.m. Friday (Sept. 24, 2004) in Rutbah, Anbar Province, Iraq, while conducting a security mission with his fellow Marines. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Pana, with the Rev. Don J. Roberts officiating. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday in McCracken-Dean Funeral Home, Pana. Burial will be in Rosemond Grove Cemetery, Rosamond, with military rites by Marine Corps, 3D Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Bridgeton, Mo., and Terre Haute, Ind. Memorials: Lt. Ryan David LeDuc Memorial Scholarship Fund or donor’s choice.

Ryan was born Nov. 8, 1975, in Taylorville, the son of David and Nola Burdzilauskas LeDuc. He was a graduate of Pana High School Class of 1994 and received a bachelor’s degree in aviation engineering from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He completed Officer Candidate School on Jan. 19, 2003, and fulfilled his dream of becoming a Marine Corps officer. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C. He was deployed to Iraq on Sept. 9, 2004. He enjoyed water skiing, scuba diving, salt water fishing, shooting, hunting, racquetball and cooking. He was an avid reader and a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Alpha Eta Rho aviation fraternity and Rator & Wing Club, Carbondale.

Surviving are his mother, Nola Hector of Pana; father and stepmother, David and Stephanie LeDuc of Pana; fiancee, Megan McCabe of LaGrange; brothers, Dennis Radcliff II and wife Beth of Columbus, Ohio; Kiley Hector and Matthew LeDuc, both of Pana; sisters, Katie Hector and Hannah LeDuc, both of Pana; grandparents, Robert Burdzilauskas and Faye LeDuc, both of Pana; nephew, Connor Radcliff of Columbus; godparents, Buck and Kay Miller of Pana. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Phyllis J. Burdzilauskas and Louis C. LeDuc