Two Florida Men Killed This Week In Afghanistan

Posted Sep 4, 2011 by Howard Altman

Updated Sep 4, 2011 at 10:52 PM

Command Post Tampa would like to send its deepest condolences to the family of Lee Roy Selmon.

Though I never had the pleasure of meeting the man, I have heard only good things about him and it is always sad to lose someone like him. Tampa, from all I have heard, was a better place for his time here.

There are two other families in Florida this week mourning loved ones. The men died in a faraway place called Afghanistan. The men were among the six U.S. service members killed there this week.

Spc. Christopher J. Scott, 21, of Tyrone, N.Y., died Sept. 3 at Kandahar province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.  He was assigned to the 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Spc. Dennis James Jr., 21 of Deltona, Fla., died Aug. 31 from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Wardak province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.

Two soldiers died Aug. 25 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle using an improvised explosive device.  The soldiers were assigned to the 546th Transportation Company, 82nd Sustainment Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.

        Killed were:

        Sgt. Devin J. Daniels, 22, of Kuna, Idaho; and
        Sgt. Colby L. Richmond, 28, of Providence, N.C.

Pfc. Alberto L. Obod Jr., 26, of Orlando, Fla., died Aug. 28 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered during a vehicle roll-over.  He was assigned to the 391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Bamberg, Germany.

Spc. Douglas J. Green, 23, of Sterling, Va., died Aug. 28 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.  He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

There have now been 1,736 casualties in Operation Enduring Freedom.