US Marine Corporal Paul W. Zanowick Jr., from Miamisburg, Ohio was killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan on 3rd June 2011. He came under enemy fire as he was helping to move a vehicle that had become stuck in rough terrain.
Cpl. Zanowick, serving with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, had been in Afghanistan since April on his second tour of duty.
The 23-year-old Marine, a 2006 graduate of Miamisburg High School, leaves his wife Ryan Lynne, son Uriah, parents Paul and Nanette and sister Nicole.