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Funeral set for Cpl. Bryce Jeffrey Keller
Cpl. killed on Canada's worst day in Afghanistan to be buried in Sherwood Park
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Published: Sunday, August 13, 2006
EDMONTON - Cpl. Bryce Jeffrey Keller, one of four Canadian soldiers killed on Canada's darkest day so far in Afghanistan, will be buried in Sherwood Park on Tuesday.
Keller was 27 years old when he was killed in battle with Taliban fighters along with Cpl. Christopher Reid, Sgt. Vaughn Ingram and Pte. Kevin Dallaire on Aug. 3. All four of the dead were members of the Edmonton-based 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Another six Canadian soldiers were wounded in the same attack, just days before hundreds of troops were expected to start the journey home.
Keller, formerly of Regina, joined the army reserves in 1997. He met his wife Sarah in 1998 while taking a course in Kingston. They moved to Sherwood Park, where they were later married. He is also survived by his parents and two brothers.
He will be laid to rest at the Glenwood Memorial Gardens in Sherwood Park.
His family declined to be interviewed.
Reid, 34, was buried in Truro, N.S., on Saturday.
Dozens of soldiers lay their rifles on the ground beside a hearse and joined the procession to say goodbye to Reid.
Royce Roberts, a member of the Princess Patricia's, said Reid was "one of a kind. I had a lump in my throat when I saw the casket," he said. "It's hard today," Roberts said. "We try to keep (emotions) in, but we're all human."
Longtime friends remembered Reid as a smiling, carefree child.
"His parents stood at our wedding and our first children were born three weeks apart. This is surreal ... a sense of disbelief ... my heart is breaking for the family," said Brenda McAloney, who has known the family for about 40 years.
"I remember Chris as a daredevil, he lived on the edge as a child and was very carefree. I'll smile for Chris today because that's what he would have wanted because he was always smiling."
Another grief-stricken family stood at CFB Trenton on Saturday. The wife and three young children of Master Cpl. Jeffrey Walsh clutched one another in anguish as his flag-draped casket made its return to Canadian soil.
Walsh, 33, was killed Wednesday in an apparent accidental shooting by another Canadian soldier. Walsh, a member of the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia's, based in Shilo, Man., had been in Afghanistan just six days.
