Soldier Needs Your Prayers
Mississippi Marine Injured While On Foot Patrol In Iraq
From The Clarion Ledger
GLOSTER — A Marine, who is native of Gloster in Amite County, was expected to return to the United States on Sunday after being wounded in a bomb blast in Iraq.
Sgt. Brantley Ravencraft, 25, received shrapnel wounds to the left thigh, back and arm and sustained a ruptured ear drum in a blast that occurred more than a week ago, his mother, Charlotte Ravencraft of Gloster told the McComb Enterprise-Journal.
She said her son was wounded on a foot patrol. He was about 100 yards ahead of the other men in his reconnaissance unit when the incident occurred.
He spotted the device when he was five feet from it.
"He turned to run. He turned his left side to it and that's the side he got most the shrapnel in," she said. "It(blew) him across a whole road. It was a pretty big blast."
His comrades could not find him at first. Brantley Ravencraft told his his mother he was knocked unconscious, but quickly awoke, stood up, and walked towards his fellow marines.
Charlotte Ravencraft said the family found out about the bomb blast on Aug. 25, when her son called to tell them he'd just gotten out of nine hours of surgery.
She does not know if her son suffered any permanent injuries.
He still cannot hear out of one ear.
Brantley Ravencraft has been in a military hospital in Germany and was expected to be flown to the Washington area. From there he will go to Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
This was his third tour in Iraq, and he had about 50 days left. He had also served in Afghanistan, his mother said.
"He's excited about coming back to the States. He's just very lucky. Everybody's been so nice and caring. Everybody's praying. What brought him through this is God," she said Sunday.
Ravencraft is an Amite School Center graduate. His father, Keith Ravencraft of Liberty, said his son played baseball and football in high school.
"When he got out of high school, he just wanted to be in the Marines," he said. "We stood behind him."
His wife, Amy, is a member of the Air Force Reserve and is stationed on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
Many members of his family were scheduled to fly to North Carolina today to meet Brantley Ravencraft when he arrived at Camp Lejeune.
Said Charlotte Ravencraft: "I'm just grateful he's alive. There's so many who don't make it back."
From The Clarion Ledger
GLOSTER — A Marine, who is native of Gloster in Amite County, was expected to return to the United States on Sunday after being wounded in a bomb blast in Iraq.
Sgt. Brantley Ravencraft, 25, received shrapnel wounds to the left thigh, back and arm and sustained a ruptured ear drum in a blast that occurred more than a week ago, his mother, Charlotte Ravencraft of Gloster told the McComb Enterprise-Journal.
She said her son was wounded on a foot patrol. He was about 100 yards ahead of the other men in his reconnaissance unit when the incident occurred.
He spotted the device when he was five feet from it.
"He turned to run. He turned his left side to it and that's the side he got most the shrapnel in," she said. "It(blew) him across a whole road. It was a pretty big blast."
His comrades could not find him at first. Brantley Ravencraft told his his mother he was knocked unconscious, but quickly awoke, stood up, and walked towards his fellow marines.
Charlotte Ravencraft said the family found out about the bomb blast on Aug. 25, when her son called to tell them he'd just gotten out of nine hours of surgery.
She does not know if her son suffered any permanent injuries.
He still cannot hear out of one ear.
Brantley Ravencraft has been in a military hospital in Germany and was expected to be flown to the Washington area. From there he will go to Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
This was his third tour in Iraq, and he had about 50 days left. He had also served in Afghanistan, his mother said.
"He's excited about coming back to the States. He's just very lucky. Everybody's been so nice and caring. Everybody's praying. What brought him through this is God," she said Sunday.
Ravencraft is an Amite School Center graduate. His father, Keith Ravencraft of Liberty, said his son played baseball and football in high school.
"When he got out of high school, he just wanted to be in the Marines," he said. "We stood behind him."
His wife, Amy, is a member of the Air Force Reserve and is stationed on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
Many members of his family were scheduled to fly to North Carolina today to meet Brantley Ravencraft when he arrived at Camp Lejeune.
Said Charlotte Ravencraft: "I'm just grateful he's alive. There's so many who don't make it back."
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