Freedom Remembered

Born: April 13, 1974 in Mishawaka, Indiana
Died: June 5, 2007 in Iraq

Tech. Sgt. Ryan A. Balmer of Mishawaka, Indiana joined the military shortly after graduating from Mishawaka High School in 1993 where he was on the football, track and wrestling teams. Ryan had a great work ethic and moral ethic and a great sense of right and wrong. As an airman he served 12 years as a payload specialist on board the Air Force’s fleet of C-5 Galaxy cargo planes. In that capacity, over the years, he had made several short stops to drop off cargo in Iraq. He was accepted into the OSI program in 2005, was assigned to Hill Air Force Base after finishing the OSI academy and deployed for his first full tour of duty in Iraq in January of 2007. Ryan was a special agent with the Hill Air Force Base Office of Special Investigation detachment. He leaves behind a wife, Danielle, and their three children, Josh, Anthony and Gabby. Ryan is also survived by his mother, Patricia and his eight siblings, Sherri, Mark, Rick, Mike, Lori, Ron, Amy, and Thomas. His father preceded him in death in January 1980. Ryan was 33.
Special Agents to the
Air Force Office of
Special Investigations

Burial is at Southlawn Cemetery in South Bend, Indiana

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