R.I.P. - Pfc. Nathan T. Davis

DOD Identifies Army Casualty
            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

            Pfc. Nathan T. Davis, 20, Yucaipa, Calif., died June 9, in Tore Obeh, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his vehicle was attacked with an enemy improvised explosive device.

            Davis was assigned to the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

            For more information related to this release, the media may contact the U.S. Army Alaska public affairs office at 907-384-1542.

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A Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson paratrooper died Saturday from injuries he sustained in Afghanistanwhen his vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device. Three other soldiers were also wounded in the attack.

U.S. ArmyAlaska spokesperson Lt. Col. Bill Coppernoll says Pfc. Nathan Tyler Davis, 20, was driving a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle that was hit in the city of Tore Obeh, in Afghanistan’s Khowst province.

Davis, of Yucaipa, Calif., served as an infantryman with the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.

Davis joined the Army in 2010 and completed basic training, Advanced Individual Training, and the Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning, Ga. before arriving in Alaska in February 2011. Afghanistan was his first deployment.

The names of the injured soldiers were not released, in accordance with Department of Defense policy.

Davis’s next of kin have been notified.

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, 2011 – Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Silvernale,
platoon sergeant, uses the combat net radio from Pvt. Nathan Davis, left, May 12,
both are of the Comanche Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment (Airborne).
The Soldiers took part in air assault training where UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters took
them into a section of Alaska’s Chugach Range
and they were tasked with engaging an opposing force.

Posted in: 501st Infantry Regiment (United States), Afghanistan, Alaska, fallen heros, Fort Benning, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Operation Enduring Freedom