The U.S. Department of Defense announced today that a 19-year old soldier from Marina died in Afghanistan over the weekend. Private First Class Conrado D. Javier succumbed to injuries suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device on Sunday December 19th in Kandahar Province. Javier, who was in Afghanistan supporting Operation “Enduring Freedom”, was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, Vilseck Germany.
