Southworth, Jared William
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Verified First Lieutenant Jared William Southworth, 26, of Oakland, Illinois, was a U.S. Army National Guard officer serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment. He died on February 8, 2009, in Helmand
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First Lieutenant Jared William Southworth was 26 years old when he was killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province on February 8, 2009. He was a member of the Illinois Army National Guard, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, based in Marion, Illinois. The unit was deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.
Southworth was from the small farming community of Oakland, Illinois. He had previously deployed on military missions to the Philippines and the Horn of Africa before his assignment to Afghanistan, according to unit records. The 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment was operating in southern Afghanistan, a region marked by intense insurgent activity during that period.
The Department of Defense announced his death in a press release on February 10, 2009. The release stated he died of wounds sustained from hostile fire. No further operational details of the incident were disclosed in the initial announcement.
His death was reported by local and national news outlets, which noted his service history and hometown. The conflict in Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom, began in October 2001 following the September 11 attacks and concluded as a defined combat mission in December 2014.
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Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
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