Army Master Sgt. Anthony C. Yost

Died November 19, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

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39, of Flint, Mich.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed Nov. 19 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his position during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq.

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Soldier from Michigan killed in Iraq explosion

The Associated Press

MILLINGTON, Mich. — An Army Special Forces soldier from Michigan who spent nearly two decades serving in the military was killed in an explosion detonated by a suicide bomber in Mosul, Iraq, his parents said.

Sgt. Anthony Yost, a 39-year-old native of Millington, who had been in the military for 19 years, died after the explosion at a building Friday, his father, Donald Yost of Millington, told The Flint Journal.

Anthony Yost was stationed in Fort Bragg, N.C.

“They said he was a hero, the way he died,” Yost’s mother, Penny Cairnduff, of Linden, said of soldiers who on Saturday notified her of her son’s death.

Cairnduff said her son, a graduate of Millington High School, spoke five languages and was a sniper expert. She remembered her son as a giving person who loved his children and family.

“He was a smart kid. He loved his job,” she said.

Anthony Yost is survived by a daughter, Cheyenne, 13, of Clio, and a son, A.J., 2, of North Carolina, Donald Yost said. His wife, Joann, also lives in North Carolina.

Kris K. Currie, 39, a secretary at Millington Elementary School, graduated with Yost from Millington High School.

“I remember how much he loved basketball and played on the basketball and baseball teams for the school,” Currie told The Saginaw News.

Donald Yost said his son had been in Iraq since spring, but they spoke about once a week.

Funeral arrangements for Yost were incomplete.

Millington is located 15 miles northeast of Flint.