JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Family, friends, Service members and

the Joint Base community will remember a Soldier who died while deployed

in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with a ceremony to be conducted

Wednesday, February 24, at 1 p.m. in the JBLM Lewis North Chapel.

Sgt. Adam J. Ray, 23, of Louisville, Ky., died February 9 in southern

Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with

an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion,

23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry

Division.

The brigade deployed to Afghanistan in July, 2009.