SFC Trevor J. Diesing

25 August 2005, Iraq

USASOC

A native of Red Wing, Minnesota, Sergeant First Class Trevor J. Diesing died 25 August 2005, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his position in Husaybah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

Diesing enlisted in the Army as an Infantryman in May 1993. He subsequently served in the Minnesota Army National Guard and as an Engineer Sergeant in 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colorado.

SFC Diesing was assigned as a Special Operations Team member to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, where he served until his death.