Troy Marine killed in Iraq

The Associated Press

A Troy Marine was killed in Iraq on Thursday.

Marine Cpl. Raleigh C. Smith, 21, died in Iraq's Al Anbar Province along with two other Marines as a result of enemy action.

Smith was a member of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., the U.S. Department of Defense said in a written statement on Monday.

His mother, Gail Smith, lives in Troy. His brother, Ramsey, also a Marine, is said to be stationed in Iraq. His father is Raymond Smith.

Department press officers did not immediately return phone calls.

Other soldiers killed in Iraq with Montana ties include: Army 1st Lt. Edward Matthew Saltz of Bigfork; Marine Lance Cpl. Kane Funke, who attended high school in Kalispell; Marine Lance Cpl. Nathan Raymond Wood, born in Great Falls; Army Staff Sgt. Aaron N. Holleyman, who graduated from high school in Glasgow; Marine Cpl. Dean Pratt of Stevensville and Army Pfc. Owen Witt of Sand Springs.

Funeral arrangements with Nelson and Vial Funeral Home in Libby are scheduled for early January.

The Daily Inter Lake contributed to this report.