Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald A. Ginther

37, of Auburndale, Fla.

assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, Jacksonville, Fla.; killed May 2 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.

… Ginther worked hard to provide for his family. Before serving in Iraq, he worked six days a week as a mechanic and went to school, relatives said. He was moving up in his company and doing whatever he could to provide for his wife and three children. “If he wanted something he was going to get it,” said Jimmy Ginther, his brother… He had four brothers, who sang karaoke country music songs with him before he was deployed in April.

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  1. Meredith

    2 years ago

    What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
    - Albert Pine


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