MSG Mitchell Wayne Young

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Mitch was a great soldier, great friend, and loving husband.

Rest in Peace my Brother

RELEASE NUMBER: 080714-02
DATE POSTED: JULY 14, 2008

PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces Soldier killed in Afghanistan

U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, July 14, 2008) — An Army Special Forces Soldier was killed July 13 while conducting a combat reconnaissance patrol in the vicinity of Kajaki Sofla, eastern Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Master Sgt. Mitchell W. Young, 39, of Jonesboro, Ga., was fatally wounded when his vehicle struck a pressure plated improvised explosive device during the patrol. He was a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha team sergeant assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) here.

Young is survived by his wife, Robyn, of Fayetteville, N.C.; and his mother, Jane Young, of Jonesboro, Ga.
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