R.I.P. - 1st Lt. Jonathan P. Walsh, Pfc. Michael J. Metcalf

Left: Jonathan P. Walsh, Right: Michael J. Metcalf

DOD Identifies Army Casualties
            The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

            They died April 22 in Paktia, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.  The soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

            Killed were:

            1st Lt. Jonathan P. Walsh, 28, Cobb, Ga.

            Pfc. Michael J. Metcalf, 22, Boynton Beach, Fla.

            For more information contact the 82nd Airborne Division public affairs office at 910-432-0661/0662 or 910-813-3891.

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Metcalf graduated from St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, Wis. While there, he played on the baseball team and volunteered his time on campus. He graduated a Sergeant Squad Leader. Before entering the military academy, he attended Park Vista High School for a little over one year. Metcalf's mother and grandmother, Anne Foistine, both of suburban Boynton Beach, said he had many friends and was loved by all. He enjoyed playing all sports, especially surfing and skim boarding, and bull riding near Lake Okeechobee, they said.
Metcalf attended Park Vista Community High School in Lake Worth before transferring to St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, Wisc., where he graduated in 2008. After working different jobs, Metcalf joined the Army a little more than a year ago.

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1st Lt. Jonathan P. Walsh, 28, Cobb, Ga., died April 22 in Paktia, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Posted in: 504th Infantry Regiment (United States), 82nd Airborne Division, Afghanistan, fallen heros, Fort Bragg, Improvised explosive device, Operation Enduring Freedom