Jirtle, Charles S.
Army Specialist

Charles S. Jirtle, age 29, from Lawton, Oklahoma, Comanche county.

Parents: Terry Jirtle and Virginia C. Jirtle
Spouse: Savannah L. Jirtle
Children: Cheyenne, Chelsie and Jordan, wife pregnant

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Enlisted July 2007.

Date of death: Monday, June 7, 2010
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device in Konar, Afghanistan. Also killed were.Joshua A. Lukeala, 23, of Guam; Matthew R. Catlett, 23, of Houston, Texas; Blaine E. Redding, 22, Nebraska.

Source: Department of Defense, KOTV, Houston Chronicle, Military Times