Saturday, February 25, 2012

R.I.P. - Sgt. Joshua A. Born, R.I.P. - Cpl. Timothy J. Conrad Jr.


DOD Identifies Army Casualties

            The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
        
 They died Feb. 23, in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their unit came under small arms fire.  They were assigned to the 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Stewart, Ga.

            Killed were:

            Sgt. Joshua A. Born, 25, of Niceville, Fla., and

             Cpl. Timothy J. Conrad Jr., 22, of Roanoke, Va.

           For more information media may contact the Fort Stewart public affairs office at 912-435-9879.


Sgt. Joshua A. Born, 25, of Niceville, Fla., died Feb. 23,
in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered
when his unit came under small arms fire.

He was assigned to the 385th Military Police Battalion,
16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne),
XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Sgt. Born was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Action Badge and NATO Medal. He leaves his wife Megan, his parents and other family members.








Cpl. Timothy J. Conrad Jr., 22, of Roanoke, Va., died Feb. 23,
in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered
when his unit came under small arms fire.

He was assigned to the 385th Military Police Battalion,
16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne),
XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Sgt. Conrad was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Action Badge and NATO Medal. He leaves his wife, Holly and their 7 month old son, Bentley, his mother, Mikki Wray, father Tim Conrad Sr., sisters Alex Conrad and Amanda Meland and brother, Austin Wray.







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1 comments:

I attended the memorial at FOB Shinwar for these two brave soldiers. I was touched deeply by the words of those who knew them personally and their dedication as both Soldiers and family men. They will be greatly missed by all. My heart goes out to their families.

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