Outside the Wire
Corporal Ryan Pagnacco
Ryan Pagnacco was born on September 7, 1979, in Simcoe, Ontario. He joined the 1596 Highland Fusiliers of Canada, Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps, and at age nineteen, joined the Canadian Forces Primary Reserves with the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada. In 2005, Ryan applied for a tour in Afghanistan, on Task Force 3-06, and deployed with 8 Platoon, Charles Company, First Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, in August 2006, as part of the reserve augmentation to the regular force battle group. He now lives with his wife in Kitchener, Ontario.
