Jaimie Leonard
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Jaimie Leonard | |
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| Born | January 29, 1974 |
| Died | June 8, 2013 (aged 39) Sharana, Afghanistan |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
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| Conflicts | |
| Awards | Valorous Unit Award |
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Jaimie E Leonard (January 29, 1974 – June 8, 2013) was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army[1] and a part of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. She was 39 years old when she died in Sharana, Afghanistan, as a result of a small arms-related injury. Previous deployments include Bosnia (1999), Iraq (2005), and Afghanistan in 2011 where she served as part of Regional Command South headquarters. In 2013, while on a subsequent deployment to Afghanistan, she was fatally injured in an insider attack in Paktika province.[2][3] She was buried in the West Point Cemetery.[4]
