Service:  ARMY
Component:  ACTIVE DUTY
Name:  MCCLUSKEY, JASON JAMES
Rank:  SGT
Pay Grade:  E05
Date of Death:  2010/11/04
Age:  26
Gender:  MALE
Home of Record City:  MCALESTER
Home of Record State:  OK
Home of Record Country:  US
Unit:  264TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 27TH ENGINEER BN, 20TH ENGINEER BDE, FORT BRAGG, NC
Incident Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Country:  AFGHANISTAN
City of Loss:  IVO ZARGHUN SHAHR

Burial Location:
Tannehill Cemetery
5200 Tannehill Rd
McAlester, OK 74501

Info:

Sgt. Jason J. McCluskey, 26, a 2004 McAlester High graduate and U.S. Army paratrooper, gave the ultimate sacrifice when he was killed in action on Nov. 4 while serving his country in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

“Sgt. McCluskey laid down his life for his friends, his battle buddies, his unit, our Army and our Nation,” said Maj. Gen. Rodney O. Anderson, XVIII Airborne Corps DCG at McCluskey’s Saturday memorial service in McAlester. “Our Army and Nation will be forever indebted to Sgt. McCluskey for his service.”