AGE:  21

HOMETOWN:  Wyoming Michigan

UNIT:  3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)

DUTY STATION:  Camp Pendleton, California

DIED:  February 9, 2006

LOCATION OF INCIDENT:  near Fallujah, Iraq

CAUSE:  improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations

BURIED:  February 18, 2006 Rest Lawn Memorial Park

FUNERAL HOME:  MKD Funeral Home

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS:  Cpl. Ross A. Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund at

Wyoming Park High School