Profiles of 7 Nev. Army depot explosion victims

Published on NewsOK Modified: March 21, 2013 at 12:50 pm •  Published: March 21, 2013



Ripperda was looking forward to going back to college and wanted to "get on with his life," his father, Kent Ripperda, told The Associated Press.

Joining the Marines never had been Aaron Ripperda's first choice after his 2005 graduation from Highland High School, his father said. Ripperda did some college work in Chicago before graduating from a St. Louis culinary school, only to find the job market in that field flat.

Aaron Ripperda saw joining the military as a way to see the world, and felt he had a calling to join the Marines, his father said.




His fiancee's father called him an exceptional person.


Taylor is also survived by three sisters and a brother.





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