US military identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan
A US Army soldier killed in Afghanistan was
identified on Sunday as decorated Special Forces Company Sergeant Major James
G. “Ryan” Sartor of Teague, Texas, the Department of Defense (DOD) said in a
release.
Sartor, 40, died Saturday from wounds from enemy
small arms fire in a combat operation in the province of Faryab, in northern
Afghanistan, the DOD said.
Additional details about his death were not
immediately available.
Sartor was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th
Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado, the DOD said.
Sartor joined the Army in 2001 and was assigned to
the 3rd Infantry Division as an Infantryman, the Army Times reported.
He later completed special forces training and was
deployed numerous times to Iraq and Afghanistan, starting in 2002, the
publication said. He also became a Green Beret, media reported.
Sartor’s awards and decorations include the Bronze
Star, Valorous Unit Award, among others, media reported.
He will be posthumously awarded the Purple Heart
medal.
