Army Sgt. Louis Torres

Died August 22, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom

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23, of Oberlin, Ohio; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; died Aug. 22, in San Antonio of wounds suffered Aug. 6 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, casued by an improvised explosive device.

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JBLM soldier dies of Afghanistan injuries

The Associated Press

JOINT BASE LEWIS McCHORD, Wash. — A sergeant from Joint Base Lewis McChord has died at an Army medical center in San Antonio, Texas, from wounds he suffered earlier this month from an improvised explosive in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, according to the Defense Department.

The News-Tribune reported that Sgt. Louis Torres of Oberlin, Ohio, was a combat veteran who was assigned to the base for most of his career. He was serving on his second deployment with Lewis-McChord’s 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.

The 23-year-old belonged to a conventional infantry unit that trained to work with Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan by guarding outposts and supporting raids.

Torres joined the Army in June 2008 and had been with Lewis-McChord units since October of that year. He served with the 3rd Brigade in Iraq from August 2009 to June 2010, when it was one of the last combat brigades to fight there.

Twenty-four Lewis-McChord soldiers have died in Afghanistan this year.