Jonathan D. Welch, Army, Specialist -- Rest In Peace

Jonathan D. Welch, 19

Army, Specialist
Based: Ft. Lewis, Wash.
1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: August 31, 2009
Shuyene Sufia, Afghanistan
Single
Gender: Male
Hometown: Yorba Linda
High School: Esperanza High (Anaheim)
Burial: Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, Calif.

From the Tacoma Washington News Tribune:

The deadliest month of the Afghanistan war ended with the deaths of three Fort Lewis soldiers.

The military confirmed Wednesday that Spc. Tyler R. Walshe-Vietti, 21, of Shasta, Calif., and Spc. Jonathan D. Welch, 19, of Yorba Linda, Calif., died when a bomb exploded during a dismounted patrol Monday in Shuyene Sufia, Afghanistan.

As reported Tuesday, Pfc. Jordan Brochu, 20, of Oakland, Maine, was also killed in that attack. Family members said the three were killed by the same blast.

The three served in 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment. All nine of the brigade’s fatalities since it deployed in July have been soldiers from the battalion.

The deaths all came within two weeks of each other.

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Army Spc. Jonathan D. Welch with his family, clockwise from top, his father, Ben Storll; brother, Danny Storll; sister, Mary Storll; and mother, Gina Storll.