The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Nelson D. Trent, 37, of Austin, Texas, died Dec. 13 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Fort Worth, Texas.
For more information please contact the Texas National Guard public affairs office in Austin, Texas at 512-782-5620.
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from American-Statesman Staff:
By Ben Wear
Staff Sgt. Nelson D. Trent, a Round Rock resident serving in Afghanistan, was killed Thursday in Afghanistan.
A native of the East Texas town of Whitehouse, Trent, 37, died in Kandahar after an improvised explosive device ignited, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Defense. The release said that Trent was assigned to the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division out of Fort Worth.
Trent had been affiliated with the Texas Army National Guard, according to Trent’s Facebook page, where he listed himself as the communications noncommissioned officer in charge for Joint Task Force 71, an emergency response unit made up of several guard units. It was unclear Saturday when and how Trent moved to the 36th Infantry, and was deployed to Afghanistan.
As news spread Saturday of Trent’s death, his friends on Facebook remembered him as upbeat and a patriot.
“I can’t ever remember a time being around Nelson and not laughing,” friend David Bell wrote. “He was funny, loved people and loved his country.”
Staff Sgt. Nelson D. Trent, a Round Rock resident serving in Afghanistan, was killed Thursday in Afghanistan.
A native of the East Texas town of Whitehouse, Trent, 37, died in Kandahar after an improvised explosive device ignited, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Defense. The release said that Trent was assigned to the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division out of Fort Worth.
Trent had been affiliated with the Texas Army National Guard, according to Trent’s Facebook page, where he listed himself as the communications noncommissioned officer in charge for Joint Task Force 71, an emergency response unit made up of several guard units. It was unclear Saturday when and how Trent moved to the 36th Infantry, and was deployed to Afghanistan.
As news spread Saturday of Trent’s death, his friends on Facebook remembered him as upbeat and a patriot.
“I can’t ever remember a time being around Nelson and not laughing,” friend David Bell wrote. “He was funny, loved people and loved his country.”
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