Paratrooper killed by IED in Afghanistan

[unhappycamper]

Paratrooper killed by IED in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 28, 2009 18:07:30 EST

ALBION, N.Y. — A 24-year-old Army paratrooper from western New York state has been killed in Afghanistan.

The Defense Department confirmed Monday that Spc. Jason M. Johnston of Albion died Dec. 26 in Arghandab, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.

Brad Johnston told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle that his son joined the Army when he was 19 to change his life. The soldier's Facebook page says he was with the 82nd Airborne Division.

Albion Fire Department president Stanley Farone told the Batavia Daily News that both of Johnston's parents are active in the department and that Jason was to be named an honorary member during a special meeting Monday night.

Brad and Jeanine Johnston flew to Dover, Del., on Sunday to retrieve their son's body and are expected to return Tuesday.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/12/ap_army_deadparatrooper_afghanistan_122809/



unhappycamper comment: To date nine hundred forty American soldiers have been killed in the continuing occupation of Afghanistan --> http://icasualties.org/oef/