Meister, Tobias Corbin

First Sergeant Tobias Corbin Meister was a 30-year-old soldier from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve with the 321st Civil Affairs Battalion, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The battalion was part of Task Force Devil, a unit deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

On December 28, 2005, Meister was killed in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, his death was the result of a hostile incident. Specific details of the engagement were not widely released, but the area was known for insurgent activity and frequent combat operations.

Meister's death occurred during a period of intensified combat in Afghanistan. By late 2005, U.S. and allied forces were engaged in major counter-insurgency operations, particularly along the country's eastern border with Pakistan. The rugged terrain of Kunar Province was a frequent site of clashes between coalition troops and Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters.

The Department of Defense announced Meister's death on December 30, 2005. He was posthumously promoted from Sergeant First Class to First Sergeant. His funeral was held in his home state of Oklahoma.

First Sergeant Meister is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the Veterans Memorial Park in Tulsa. His unit, the 321st Civil Affairs Battalion, specializes in building relationships between military forces and local civilian populations, a critical and often dangerous mission.

First Sergeant Meister was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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