DOD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died May 20, in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 168th Brigade Support Battalion, 214th Fires Brigade, Fort Sill, Okla.
Killed were:
Capt. Jesse A. Ozbat, 28, of, Prince George, Va., and
2nd Lt. Tobias C. Alexander, 30, of Lawton, Okla.
For more information the media may contact the Fort Sill public affairs office at 580-442-2521.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died May 20, in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 168th Brigade Support Battalion, 214th Fires Brigade, Fort Sill, Okla.
Killed were:
Capt. Jesse A. Ozbat, 28, of, Prince George, Va., and
2nd Lt. Tobias C. Alexander, 30, of Lawton, Okla.
For more information the media may contact the Fort Sill public affairs office at 580-442-2521.
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| Capt. Jesse A. Ozbat |
The Department of Defense announced the death of Army Capt. Jesse A. Ozbat, 28, of Prince George County on Monday night.
Ozbat, who was serving as a field artillery officer, and 2nd Lt. Tobias C. Alexander, 30, of Lawton, Oklahoma, died on Sunday in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.
Both soldiers were assigned to the 168th Brigade Support Battalion, 214th Fires Brigade, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Security Force Advisory Teams responsible for the training and mentoring of Afghanistan's National Security Forces.
Keith Pannell with Fort Sill Public Affairs said he did not have any more specific details about the attack that claimed the two men's lives.
Ozbat graduated from Prince George High School in 2002 before attending Virginia State University. He graduated in 2006 with a B.S. in Mathematics before joining the Army as a 1st. Lt. in June, 2006, Pannell said.
Ozbat had been deployed for a 15 month overseas tour in 2009 and had been in Afghanistan for a month before he passed away, Pannell said. He did not know if the soldiers' remains had been returned to the United States.
Ozbat is survived by his wife, who Pannell said had requested no contact with the media.
Ozbat, who was serving as a field artillery officer, and 2nd Lt. Tobias C. Alexander, 30, of Lawton, Oklahoma, died on Sunday in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.
Both soldiers were assigned to the 168th Brigade Support Battalion, 214th Fires Brigade, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Security Force Advisory Teams responsible for the training and mentoring of Afghanistan's National Security Forces.
Keith Pannell with Fort Sill Public Affairs said he did not have any more specific details about the attack that claimed the two men's lives.
Ozbat graduated from Prince George High School in 2002 before attending Virginia State University. He graduated in 2006 with a B.S. in Mathematics before joining the Army as a 1st. Lt. in June, 2006, Pannell said.
Ozbat had been deployed for a 15 month overseas tour in 2009 and had been in Afghanistan for a month before he passed away, Pannell said. He did not know if the soldiers' remains had been returned to the United States.
Ozbat is survived by his wife, who Pannell said had requested no contact with the media.
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| 2nd Lt. Tobias C. Alexander |
LAWTON, Oklahoma -
Authorities say a soldier from Lawton was one of two soldiers killed in an attack in Afghanistan.
The Department of Defense announced Monday that 2nd Lt. Tobias C. Alexander of Lawton died from wounds he sustained after his unit was attacked by an improvised explosive device on Sunday.
He was 30 years old.
Capt. Jesse A. Ozbat, a 28-year-old Georgia native was also killed in the explosion. Both men were assigned to the 168th Brigade Support Battalion, 214th Fires Brigade at Fort Sill Army in Lawton.
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