TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY
Charles B. Kitowski III
August 12, 2007
345th Psychological Operations Company
2nd Psychological Operations Group
US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne)
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
DOD - August 13, 2007
The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 12 in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle.
Killed were:
Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey D. Kettle, 31, of Madill, Okla. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Staff Sgt. Jesse G. Clowers Jr., 27, of Herndon, Va. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt. Charles B. Kitowski III, 31, of Farmers Branch, Texas. He was assigned to the 345th Psychological Operations Company, 2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.
Charles Kitowski III
Charles Kitowski was born in Gulfport, Mississippi but raised in Katy, Texas. He graduated from St.Thomas High School in 1994, and from The University of St. Thomas in Houston in 1998 with a degree in Management Information Systems. He then joined the Southwest Airlines family, where he worked on the ramp in Houston before being transferred to Dallas as an Analyst in the Finance Department. In January 2005, Charles entered the Army Reserve in Dallas at the rank of Specialist. His first and only unit assigned to was the 345th POC where he served as both an Automated Logistical Specialist and a Psychological Operations Specialist. In 2006, he was mobilized to Ft.Bragg, North Carolina, and shortly after that he deployed to Afghanistan.
Sergeant Kitowski was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, a Meritorious Service Medal, a Combat Action Badge, a Global War on Terror Medal and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.