(FORT CAMPBELL, Ky) An officer with an explosive ordnance disposal unit from Fort Campbell has died from wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with indirect fire in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
The military said 35-year-old Capt. Jason T. McMahon, of Mulvane, Kan., died Sunday in Bagram. He was an ordnance officer commanding the 744th Explosive Ordnance Company, 184th Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group.
He joined the Army in November 1996, gained his commission in 2006 and arrived at Fort Campbell in September 2008.
McMahon is survived by his wife, Jennifer L. McMahon, and his daughters, Trinity B., McKenzie J., and Azlyn J. McMahon, all of Dover, Tenn.; father, Ronald McMahon; and mother, Sherry McMahon, both of Mulvane, Kan.
