Army Staff Sgt. Andrew T. Lobosco

Remember Our Heroes

Army Staff Sgt. Andrew T. Lobosco, 29, of Somerville, N.J.

SSgt. Lobosco was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Aug. 22, 2009 in Yakhchal, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit.

Andrew Lobosco, the son of a Forks Township woman, killed in Afghanistan combat
by Colin McEvoy

Army Staff Sgt. Andrew T. Lobosco, 29, the son of Forks Township resident Bonnie Lobosco, was killed Saturday during combat in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Lobosco, who was born in Somerville, N.J., died in the town of Yakhchal from wounds he suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit, according to a Department of Defense news release.

Lobosco was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C. His body was transported today to Dover Air Force Base.

Bonnie Lobosco, who lives in the 500 block of Biltmore Avenue, was not available for comment. Nancy Kopin, a neighbor and friend of the family, said Bonnie spoke of her son often and described him as a "wonderful" and "happy-go-lucky guy."

"A mother has to have this possibility in the back of her mind when her son goes to war, but you never think it's going to happen so close to home," Kopin said this afternoon, fighting back tears. "This just never should have happened."
Kopin had not met Andrew Lobosco because he has been serving in the military since the family moved to Forks Township about three years ago, she said.

Andrew Lobosco was not in a relationship, Kopin said, but had previously said he wanted to get married and have children because he was the last man in his family to carry on the Lobosco name.

Lobosco's twin sister lives in Minnesota, Kopin said.

Army Staff Sgt. Andrew T. Lobosco was killed in action on 8/22/09.