Kreischer, Brandon J.

Brandon J. Kreischer

Stryker, Ohio

Feather Location: pending

Military Times: 20, of Stryker, Ohio, was killed by small arms fire in a reported insider attack on July 29, 2019, in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company B., 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Toledo Blade: …Bryan High School Class of 2018 graduate, Private Kreischer participated in football, wrestling, track, and choir in school… When Kim Massie heard her former student had died in an Afghanistan ambush, she kept calm to console her devastated grandson who was the former soldier's classmate. 

Mrs. Massie, who taught him Spanish for two years, told The Blade that Private Kreischer disliked the subject but had good rapport with Mrs. Massie. “Who knows where you’ll be stationed in the future -- you might need to speak Spanish someday,” Mrs. Massie said, quoting a past conversation with him. “Unfortunately, that ... that didn’t happen for him.” … Brandon leaves behind his wife, Grace, and their son Callum who is expected in [five months]. 

Carver: pending

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