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07-18-2009, 05:13 PM
Army Sgt. Anthony J. Schober, 23, of Reno, Nev.
Sgt. Schober was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; died May 12, 2007 in Al Taqa, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives.
Schober was leading a squad trying to prevent insurgents from laying roadside bombs at night when the ambush occurred along a palm-lined rural road near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad.
Schober’s squad was attacked while at an observation post composed of two Humvees surrounded by concertina wire that had been breached. They were watching for insurgents placing roadside bombs about 800 yards from their patrol base in a rural villa. Shell casings found around the two vehicles indicated the soldiers had put up a fight.
From the Polar Bear
On May 12, 2007 Seven Soldiers of TF 4-31 on patrol, in the
volatile area south of Baghdad known as the "triangle of death", were
ambushed by enemy forces using automatic rifle fire and explosives, in Al
Taqa, Iraq. (PFC Joseph J. Anzack, Jr.; SFC James D. Connell, Jr.; PFC
Daniel W. Courneya; CPL Christopher E. Murphy; and SGT Anthony J.
Schober) died and were recovered. SGT Alex R. Jimenez and SPC Byron
W. Fouty were listed as missing or captured. The Defense Department
said Friday 11 JUL 08 that the remains were discovered Wednesday 9
JUL 08 and identified a day later. The Pentagon generally waits 24 hours
after notifying the next of kin before publicly releasing the names of dead
service members. The bodies were found with help from special operations
forces who on July 1 captured someone suspected of knowing where
the soldiers were buried, military officials said Friday in a statement. The
two bodies were found in the Iraqi village of Jurf as Sakhr. The bodies of
both soldiers were taken to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in
Dover, Del., where military officials are expected to perform further tests
to determine the causes of death. SSG Alex Jimenez and SPC Byron Fouty
disappeared after insurgents ambushed their combat team 20 miles outside
Baghdad. The soldiers killed were from D/4-31 . "Every combat death
is a tragedy, but this has been especially difficult for the families of these
two 10th Mountain Soldiers because of our not knowing for over a year of
their whereabouts," Maj. Gen. Michael Oates, 10th Mountain commander,
said in a statement. "We take solace in the fact that they are finally
home."
Father's comment on his commitment
“At the age of 17 he came to me and said he wanted to join the Army,” said his father, Ed Schober of Carson City. “He was affected by the 9/11 incident. I asked whether he was sure about this and really wanted to do it. He said yes, so I signed the papers.”
Sgt. Schober was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; died May 12, 2007 in Al Taqa, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives.
Schober was leading a squad trying to prevent insurgents from laying roadside bombs at night when the ambush occurred along a palm-lined rural road near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad.
Schober’s squad was attacked while at an observation post composed of two Humvees surrounded by concertina wire that had been breached. They were watching for insurgents placing roadside bombs about 800 yards from their patrol base in a rural villa. Shell casings found around the two vehicles indicated the soldiers had put up a fight.
From the Polar Bear
On May 12, 2007 Seven Soldiers of TF 4-31 on patrol, in the
volatile area south of Baghdad known as the "triangle of death", were
ambushed by enemy forces using automatic rifle fire and explosives, in Al
Taqa, Iraq. (PFC Joseph J. Anzack, Jr.; SFC James D. Connell, Jr.; PFC
Daniel W. Courneya; CPL Christopher E. Murphy; and SGT Anthony J.
Schober) died and were recovered. SGT Alex R. Jimenez and SPC Byron
W. Fouty were listed as missing or captured. The Defense Department
said Friday 11 JUL 08 that the remains were discovered Wednesday 9
JUL 08 and identified a day later. The Pentagon generally waits 24 hours
after notifying the next of kin before publicly releasing the names of dead
service members. The bodies were found with help from special operations
forces who on July 1 captured someone suspected of knowing where
the soldiers were buried, military officials said Friday in a statement. The
two bodies were found in the Iraqi village of Jurf as Sakhr. The bodies of
both soldiers were taken to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in
Dover, Del., where military officials are expected to perform further tests
to determine the causes of death. SSG Alex Jimenez and SPC Byron Fouty
disappeared after insurgents ambushed their combat team 20 miles outside
Baghdad. The soldiers killed were from D/4-31 . "Every combat death
is a tragedy, but this has been especially difficult for the families of these
two 10th Mountain Soldiers because of our not knowing for over a year of
their whereabouts," Maj. Gen. Michael Oates, 10th Mountain commander,
said in a statement. "We take solace in the fact that they are finally
home."
Father's comment on his commitment
“At the age of 17 he came to me and said he wanted to join the Army,” said his father, Ed Schober of Carson City. “He was affected by the 9/11 incident. I asked whether he was sure about this and really wanted to do it. He said yes, so I signed the papers.”