Family, friends share memories of American volunteer killed in Syria

Klipsch was one of hundreds of foreign volunteers who went to help in the fight against Islamic State. Since 2014, dozens of such fighters have been killed fighting alongside the Kurdish YPG.

Fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in training at a military camp in Ras al-Ain, February 13

Fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in training at a military camp in Ras al-Ain, February 13

(photo credit: REUTERS)

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

MARCH 15, 2018 15:46

Updated: MARCH 18, 2018 00:03