Jason M. Kropat
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Age: 25
From: White Lake, NY
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Pfc. Jason M. Kropat died March 9 in Khowst province, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms, indirect and rocket-propelled grenade fires. Also killed was Sgt. Jonathan J. Richardson.
Died: March 09, 2010
2 Fort Campbell soldiers killed in Afghanistan
By Chris Smith
The (Clarksville, Tenn.) Leaf-Chronicle via Gannett News Service
The Defense Defense announced March 11 the deaths of two 101st Airborne Division soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died March 9 in Khowst province, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit using small-arms, indirect and rocket-propelled grenade fire.
They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
Killed were Sgt. Jonathan J. Richardson, 24, of Bald Knob, Ark., and Pfc. Jason M. Kropat, 25, of White Lake, N.Y., DoD said in a news release.
Richardson was a fire support specialist assigned to C Company. He joined the Army in June 2006 and arrived at Fort Campbell in January 2007, according to a news release from post.
His awards and decorations include: Army Commendation Medal Army Good Conduct Medal National Defense Service Medal...