DOD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two
soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died Mar. 1, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from small arms fire during an attack on their base.
They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Jordan L. Bear, 25, of Denver, Colo., and
Pfc. Payton A. Jones, 19, of Marble Falls, Texas.
For more information media may contact the 82nd Airborne Division public affairs at 910-423-0661.
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from armytimes.com:
Bear and Jones were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, out of Fort Bragg, N.C.
“Staff Sgt. Bear set the example for all the squad leaders in his platoon,” said Capt. Cecil Wolberton, commander of the soldiers’ company. “He was a phenomenal leader and beloved by the men he led.”
Wolberton said he remembers Jones’ first day in the unit and described him as “an outstanding soldier.”
“Over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of watching him develop as a paratrooper,” the captain said.
Jones, who joined the Army in July 2010 and was on his first deployment, is survived by his mother and his father. Bear, who has been in the Army since September 2004 and was on his third deployment to Afghanistan, is survived by his wife, his 4-year-old daughter and his 2-month-old son.
His mother, Cathleen Bear, told the Denver Post that Army officials say he was shot while trying and lift a wounded soldier who had fallen next to him.
“He once told me that all he wanted was a wife and a son and that he probably would never have that because he would die while serving,” she said.
They died Mar. 1, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from small arms fire during an attack on their base.
They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Jordan L. Bear, 25, of Denver, Colo., and
Pfc. Payton A. Jones, 19, of Marble Falls, Texas.
For more information media may contact the 82nd Airborne Division public affairs at 910-423-0661.
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| Jordan Logan Bear, 25, was shot by gunmen at a base Thursday. (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post) |
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from armytimes.com:
Bear and Jones were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, out of Fort Bragg, N.C.
“Staff Sgt. Bear set the example for all the squad leaders in his platoon,” said Capt. Cecil Wolberton, commander of the soldiers’ company. “He was a phenomenal leader and beloved by the men he led.”
Wolberton said he remembers Jones’ first day in the unit and described him as “an outstanding soldier.”
“Over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of watching him develop as a paratrooper,” the captain said.
Jones, who joined the Army in July 2010 and was on his first deployment, is survived by his mother and his father. Bear, who has been in the Army since September 2004 and was on his third deployment to Afghanistan, is survived by his wife, his 4-year-old daughter and his 2-month-old son.
His mother, Cathleen Bear, told the Denver Post that Army officials say he was shot while trying and lift a wounded soldier who had fallen next to him.
“He once told me that all he wanted was a wife and a son and that he probably would never have that because he would die while serving,” she said.
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