Branch of Service: United States Army
Date of Death: 5 July, 2010
Unit: 4th Squadron, 73rd Armor Regiment
Hometown: Royse City, Texas
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died July 5 in Yakuta, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked their unit using an improvised explosive device. The soldiers were assigned to the 4th Squadron, 73rd Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Killed were:
Spc. Keenan A. Cooper, 19, of Wahpeton, N.D.
Spc. Jerod H. Osborne, 20, of Royse City, Texas.
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