DoD Casualty List for August 22 - 29

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery - San Diego, CA

The Department of Defense announced this week the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Two soldiers died Aug. 23 in Haft Asiab, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device during combat operations.  Both soldiers were assigned to 2nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Killed were:
+Spc. Kenneth Clifford Alvarez, 23, of Santa Maria, California
+Pvt. Jonathon Michael Dean Hostetter, 20, of Humphreys, Missouri. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+1st Lt. Jason Togi, 24, of Pago Pago, American Samoa, died Aug. 26, in Hasan Karez, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

He was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.