Staff Sgt. Jason L. Brown, 29, of Magnolia, Texas, was a Special Forces (Green Beret) engineer assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was killed April 17, 2008, during a combat operation in Sama Village, Iraq by small-arms fire. They were attempting to enter a building during an operation to capture an al-Qaeda leader in the village.

SSG Brown was born in Dallas, TX and graduated from Desoto High School before earning a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Sam Houston State University in 2002. He enlisted in the Army the following year and earned the coveted Green Beret in 2004. He was on his second combat tour.

What his friends liked most about him were his sense of humor, his outgoing personality, his willingness to always lend a helping hand, and especially his love for life. He enjoyed the outdoors. In his free time, he hunted, fished and worked in his yard.

Brown is survived by his daughter, Alyssa Gomez, of Cypress Texas.