Name:
Army Pfc. Ara T. Deysie
Age:
18
From:
Parker, Ariz.
Assigned to
the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident:
Army Pfc. Ara T. Deysie died May 9 in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his unit came under rocket-propelled grenade fire.
Died:
May 09, 2008
Ariz. soldier with 101st Airborne killed in AfghanistanBy Amanda Lee MyersThe Associated Press
PHOENIX — Ara Tyler Deysie talked about joining the military when he was just 4 years old, his mother said Sunday.
At 18, Deysie became the fourth soldier from the 101st Airborne to be killed in Afghanistan in a week. The Parker, Ariz. teen and member of the Colorado River Indian Tribe was killed Friday in the Paktia Province when his patrol encountered rocket-propelled grenade fire.
Deysie’s mother, Lori Deysie, 40, said her son was a jokester and a handful.
“Once he decided what he wanted to do, he made sure he got his way and got to do it, and that was to go into the military,” she told The...
Occupation
the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.;
Incident
Army Pfc. Ara T. Deysie died May 9 in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his unit came under rocket-propelled grenade fire.