Sgt. 1st Class Johnathan B. McCain
Sgt. 1st Class Johnathan B. McCain, 38, of Apache Junction, Ariz., died Nov.13, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered after encountering an improvised explosive device while on mounted patrol. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. He joined the Army in April 1992 and served at Kaiserslautern, Germany; Fort Hood, Texas; and Fort Bragg, N.C. before arriving in Alaska in October 2000. McClain also served two previous combat tours of duty in Iraq - from Aug. 2005 to Nov. 2006 and from Sept. 2008 to Sept. 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His 4,000-Soldier brigade deployed to Afghanistan in mid April 2011 for a one-year tour in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was serving as an infantry platoon sergeant.
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