U.S soldier, Brian Tabada

Specialist Brian Tabada
Specialist Brian Tabada, aged 21, from Las Vegas, Nevada was killed on 27th February in Konar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire and a rocket propelled grenade.  

Spc. Tabada was a Fire Support Specialist known as a "Fister", assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

He is the sixth Fort Campbell based casualty this year.