Zachary Alan Grass

Corporal Zachary Grass, age 22, enlisted in the Army in February 2005 and, as a two-year Army veteran, was serving with Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington, when he was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom by an I.E.D. roadside bomb in Rashidiyah, Iraq. The son of Frank and Patti Grass, he was born in Canton, Ohio, graduated from Fairless High School in 2003, where he played guard on the basketball team and was a pitcher and third baseman on the baseball team, is survived by his parents and his brother Ben, and is buried at Welty Cemetery in Beach City, Ohio. He received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Medal, and Combat Action Badge.

Massillon, Ohio · United States