Ryan Welch
Era: Global War on Terror
Military Branch: Army
Mr. Welch served in the Global War on Terror.
He served in the U.S. Army. He was assigned to the Army Engineer Regiment.
His rank was Sergeant 1st Class.
Mr. Welch received a bronze de Fleury Medal.
Source: Duluth News Tribune (Service Notes) May 31, 2008 (see below)
“Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Welch of Duluth received a bronze de Fleury Medal from the Army Engineer Regiment. Welch has been a member of the Army Reserve for 17 years, has been mobilized twice and deployed to Afghanistan once. He has been employed by Grandma’s Restaurant Company for 10 years.
The de Fleury medal was named after French engineer Francois Louis Tesseidre de Fleury, who volunteered to serve with the American Army in the fight for independence from Britain during the Revolutionary War. On October 1, 1779, he was praised for courage under fire by the first Continental Congress of the U.S.”
