DoD Identifies Army Casualties
February 10, 2009

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Feb. 8 in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment of Marion, Ill.

Killed were:

Staff Sgt. Jason E. Burkholder, 27, of Elida, Ohio.

1st Lt. Jared W. Southworth, 26, of Oakland, Ill.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

For more information media may contact the Illinois National Guard public affairs office at (217) 761-3569, or after hours, (217) 725-2265, or visit http://www.il.ngb.army.mil.