CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill.—A 22-year-old suburban Chicago soldier has been killed during combat in Afghanistan.
The Department of Defense says Spc. Jason A. McLeod of Crystal Lake died Monday west of Pashmul, Afghanistan, after his unit was attacked with mortar fire.
Family members say McLeod was deployed to Afghanistan in May and was due to come home on leave in less than a month. They say he was a mechanic who worked on Humvees.
He also served in Iraq in 2007 for about a year. He was a 2006 graduate of Crystal Lake Central High School.
He’s survived by his wife, Aimee Ghannam, 15-month-old daughter Jocelyn, parents and two siblings.
He was assigned to the 704th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
