Anthony R. C. Yost
Profile
Age: 39
From: Flint, Mich.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Master Sgt. Anthony R. C. Yost was killed Nov. 19 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his position during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq.
Died: November 19, 2005
Soldier from Michigan killed in Iraq explosion
Associated Press
MILLINGTON, Mich. — An Army Special Forces soldier from Michigan who spent nearly two decades serving in the military was killed in an explosion detonated by a suicide bomber in Mosul, Iraq, his parents said.
Sgt. Anthony Yost, a 39-year-old native of Millington, who had been in the military for 19 years, died after the explosion at a building Friday, his father, Donald Yost of Millington, told The Flint Journal.
Anthony Yost was stationed in Fort Bragg, N.C.
“They said he was a hero, the way he died,” Yost’s mother, Penny Cairnduff, of Linden, said of soldiers who on Saturday notified her of her son’s death.
Cairnduff said her son, a graduate of Millington High School, spoke five languages and was a sniper expert. She remembered her son as a giving person who loved his children and family.
“He was a smart kid. He loved his job,” she...
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Prayers & Messages
Please embrace with all Your love and mercy the soul of this brave soldier, Army Master Sgt. Anthony R. C. Yost, and comfort him with Your Divine Presence.
Bless his heart and keep his family in Your Hands, Guard them and comfort them.
Amen