Army Sgt. Jeffrey C.S. Sherer

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Army Sgt. Jeffrey C.S. Sherer, 29, of Four Oaks, N.C.

Sgt Sherer was assigned to 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; died June 2, 2011 of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Zabul province, Afghanistan.

Four Oaks, N.C. — A Johnston County native was killed Thursday while serving in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Saturday.

Sgt. Jeffrey C.S. Sherer, 29, of Four Oaks, died of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.

Sherer was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division based at Fort Wainwright in Alaska.

Before joining the military, Sherer worked full-time as a waiter at the Ruby Tuesday in Smithfield. His co-workers said he wanted to join the Army to make a difference.

Sgt Sherer died June 2, in Zabul province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Seven other soldiers were injured in the incident.

Sadie Fonville-McCausley, who recently retired after 26 years with the Army Recruiting Battalion Headquarters in Raleigh, lovingly refers to Sgt. Sherer as “her nephew.” The last time Ms. Fonville-McCausley saw the soldier, she said, had been at Ribeye Joe’s, a restaurant and karaoke bar located in Smithfield.

“Before this last deployment, I used to see Jeff every Friday or Saturday night with his friends at Table One. When they walked in, they’d stick their finger up and say ‘One.’ They were all a good group of kids,” she said. “We all enjoyed karaoke and Jeff called me his ‘Aunt Sadie.’ Before I left, I hugged Jeff and told him that we were all so proud of his military service. I loved Jeff like a son.”

Sgt Sherer married just before this latest deployment..

Army Sgt. Jeffrey C.S. Sherer was killed in action on 6/2/11.