- SURNAME
Socha
- FORENAME
Frank Anthony
- UNIT
10 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company)
- RANK
Command Sergeant Major
- NUMBER
- DATE OF DEATH
12th December 2012
- AGE
48
- GRAVESITE
Michigan Memorial Park,Flat Rock,Wayne County,Michigan
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Fountain,Colorado
born 28.9.1964 Wyandotte,Michigan
son of Frank S. and stepson of Lynette Socha,Morley,Michigan
son of Suzanne (nee Baird) Socha
husband of Brenda Leigh (nee Necelis) Socha,Fountain,Colorado (married 6.3.1987) (2 sons Frank,Jr and Chad)
graduated Southgate Anderson High School 1983
languages Chechen and Serbo-Croatian
entered service 1985
172 Infantry Brigade (HHC) 1985-86
Long Range Surveillance Det (LRSD),6th Infantry Division 1986 - August 1990
left service
re-enlisted April 1991
graduated Special Forces 1991-92
10 SF Group (Company A,1 Bn) 1992
10 SF Group (ODA 022 and 024,Company B,1 Bn) 1992-95
10 SF Group (ODA 073,Company A,3 Bn) 1995-96
10 SF Group (ODA 081,Company B,3 Bn) 1996-97
Fort Sill,Oklahoma (senior drill sergeant) (2 years)
1 Special Warfare Training Group (Company A,2 Bn) (senior instructor) 2003-06
10 SF Group (Company C,2 Bn) 2006-07
10 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company,2 Bn) (Ops Sergeant Major) 2007
10 SF Group (Command Sergeant Major,2 Bn) until 2009
10 SF Group (Group Command Sergeant Major) April 2009 -April 2011
served Iraq,Bosnia and Kosovo
awards Legion of Merit (x2),Bronze Star (x3),Army Commendation Medal with V,Army Commendation Medal (x4)
died from natural causes Fountain,El Paso County,Colorado
DATE OF DEATH:
12-Dec-2012
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