JEREMIE BORDER
September 1, 2012
Name: SSG Jeremie Border
Hometown: Mesquite, Texas
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DOB: March 1st, 1984 DOD: September 1st, 2012
Entered Service: 2006
Deployments: Border deployed to the Ghazni Province of Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan
Units: Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group. Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan
Education: Special Forces Qualification Course, the Warrior Leader's Course, the Advanced Leader's Course, the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Course and the Basic Airborne Course.
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Awards and Decorations: The Army Commendation Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal, Non-commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with numeral 2, Army Service Ribbon, Special Forces Tab, Expert Infantry Badge and the Army Parachutist Badge.
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Border was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, the Purple Heart, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Afghan Campaign Medal.
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Survived By: Jeremie is survived by his mother and step-father, Mary Border and Robert Harris, and sisters, DeLaynie, Katie, Ashley and Amanda
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SSG Jeremie Border was killed of wounds caused by small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in the Afghanistan province of Ghazni. SSG Jonathan P. Schmidt was also killed in the same incident.
