The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom
Spc. Keith T. Buzinski, 26, of Daytona Beach, Fla., died April 7 in Logar province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
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Spc. Keith Buzinski, from Daytona Beach, FL and on his second tour of duty, was killed during an enemy attack in eastern Afghanistan. He died Thursday of wounds suffered from small arms fire last week. He had recently been in Daytona Beach two weeks ago and had only recently returned to the region.
In Afghanistan, Spc. Buzinski was based in Charkh District - an area in south Logar province where U.Sl. forces spent five days earlier this month securing villages against insurgent activity, according to a website operated by Third Army/U.S. Army Central.
The 10th Mountain Division was in Charkh along with Afghan forces, constricting insurgents and searching for hidden weapons during "Operation Charkh Resolution." For several days, the Third Army reported soldiers were regularly attacked by fighters using a nearby river for cover. "Enemy fighters often crossed the river and attacked the security positions, then traversed back across and hid," an Army sergeant wrote.
Spc. Buzinski had moved to Daytona Beach in 2004 to be near his sister Lauren, who took him in before he enlisted. Soon after he graduated from boot camp, Spc. Buzinski went on his first tour in the Middle East.
"He loved it. He felt like it was the one thing he was really a part of," his sister Lauren said. The first time around, he really felt like it was his job. "He was a troubled kid, and he found refuge in the Army," she said. "He wanted to have a good job and good benefits. He wanted to be something. "He was a pheomenal person, she said, "and everyone looked up to him so much now. He really proved himself to be quite a man."
His funeral service will be in Trenton, N.J. where he was born.
Since 2003 there have been 4447 casualties in Iraq and since 2001 there have been 1531 casualties in Afghanistan. Source.
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