MSG Anthony R. C. Yost

19 November 2005, Iraq

Special Forces

A native of Flint, Michigan, Master Sergeant Anthony R. C. Yost died 19 November 2005, from wounds sustained by an Improvised Explosive Device during combat operations in Mosul, Iraq.

Yost enlisted in the Army as an Armor Crewman in May 1987 and completed Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In 1993 he graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course. He served with the 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colorado, and as an instructor on the Weapons Committee at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

MSG Yost was assigned as a Team Sergeant in 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he served until his death in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.