Widow finds anniversary ring two years after husband dies in Iraq
When the Army sent home the personal items of Sgt. Larry Roukey, his widow, Ryann, put the container in a closet in their home in Westbrook.
Roukey died April 26, 2004, in an explosion in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, the first in his unit to die.
Until 2006, she couldn’t bear to open the box. But, Ryann mustered the strength to view the contents for the first time when her daughter, Sonya, asked to see his dog tags for a photo.
Inside, she discovered a small box that contained a diamond ring and a note.
“If he didn’t make it home, ‘this is for our 10th anniversary,’” she said he wrote.
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