Service:  ARMY
Component:  ACTIVE DUTY
Name:  ROUGHTON, ANDREW JAY
Rank:  SPC
Pay Grade:  E04
Date of Death:  2009/07/20
Age:  21
Gender:  MALE
Home of Record City:  HOUSTON
Home of Record State:  TX
Home of Record Country:  US
Unit:  HHB, 4TH BATTALION, 25TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY
Incident Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Country:  AFGHANISTAN
City of Loss:  MAYDAN SHAHR DISTRICT

Casualty Release:
DoD Identifies Army Casualties No. 539-09

Obituary:

Spc. Andrew J. Roughton, 21, of Houston; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery (Strike), 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died July 20 in Maydan Shahr, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle followed by an attack from enemy forces using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades. Also killed were Spc. Anthony M. Lightfoot, Sgt. Gregory Owens Jr. and Pfc. Dennis J. Pratt. He is survived by his wife, his father and a brother Marcus, among others. He was the son of Mark Roughton and the late Karen L. Roughton.