Lance Corporal Rylee J. McCollum
Marine Corps LCpl Rylee McCollum, 20, was a Marine from Bondurant, Wyoming, attached to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. He was just two weeks into his first deployment to Afghanistan.
Rylee attended Jackson Hole High School and was a 2019 graduate of Summit Innovations School in Jackson.
Rylee joined the Marine Corps in 2019 and had wanted to be a Marine since he was eight years old, joining on his 18th birthday.
He is married to Jiennah ‘Gigi’ Crayton and they have a baby due in three weeks.
Rylee wanted to be a history teacher and a wrestling coach when he finished serving his country.
Rylee’s GoFundMe page
Update: Sept 15, 2021 – Baby Levi Rylee Rose McCollum is born
