Utah soldier killed in Afghanistan

Published Aug. 31, 2010 at 4:43 p.m.

Utah soldier killed in Afghanistan

BY JEREMIAH STETTLER The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Aug 31, 2010 10:43AM MDT

It was an uncommon summer — as if something had brought them together to say their final goodbyes.Just two months after his family staged one of its first reunions in years, Capt. Ellery “Ray” Wallace was killed in Afghanistan when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his vehicle. The 33-year-old University of Utah grad died Sunday.“The Lord was preparing us for it,” said his younger sister Jessica Bayless, who described the end-of-June reunion as divinely inspired for bringing all seven siblings to...

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