Marine Gunnery Sergeant John D Fry Dedication Ceremony

EVENT:
Dedication of the “Marine Gunnery Sergeant John D Fry Post Office Building”

WHO:
The Honorable Chet Edwards
U.S. Representative, 17th Congressional District

Mayor Chuck Roper

Fry Family members

U. S. Postal Service officials

WHAT:
On July 15, 2008, Public Law 110-265, sponsored by Congressman Chet Edwards, was approved designating the building located at 1190 Lorena Road in Lorena, TX, as the “Marine Gunnery Sergeant John D Fry Post Office Building”.

WHEN:
Friday, March 27, 2009, ceremony beginning at 9:00 a.m.
The public is invited.

WHERE:
U.S. Post Office
1190 Lorena Road
Lorena, TX 76655

BACKGROUND:
John David Fry was born in Lorena, Texas in 1977. He joined the Marines in 1995 and became an explosive ordinance disposal technician (EOD). As an EOD, he was deployed to Iraq in September of 2005 with the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force out of Camp Lejeune, NC. Seven short days before this 28-year-old marine with a wife and young children was to be sent back home; he volunteered to defuse one more explosive device, this time in Al Anbar province. Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry, 28, of Lorena, Texas, died March 8, 2006. Sergeant Fry earned the Purple Heart and many other decorations for his outstanding military service.

The U.S. Postal Service values its role as a community leader, and in recognition of Sergeant Fry, will host a ceremony to officially dedicate the current Lorena Post Office as the “Marine Gunnery Sergeant John D Fry Post Office Building”.

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