RELEASE NUMBER: 080104-02
DATE POSTED: JANUARY 4, 2008
PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces Soldier dies from non-battle incident
U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 4, 2008) — An Army Special Forces Soldier died from a non-battle death incident Jan. 2 in Baghdad, Iraq, while in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Maseth, 24, died from cardiac arrest due an apparent accidental electrocution. The incident is under investigation.
He was a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha team weapons sergeant assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Campbell, Ky.
Maseth, a native of Pennsylvania, volunteered for military service and enlisted into the Army in June 2001 as an infantryman. He attended Infantry Basic Training at Fort Benning, Ga., and Airborne school before being assigned to 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment at Fort Polk, La. Maseth served as a Rifleman, Scout, and Fire Team Leader for over three years with the 509th Infantry Regiment before attending the Special Forces Qualification Course at Fort Bragg, N.C. in 2005. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th SFG(A) at Fort Campbell, Ky., May 2007.
Maseth is survived by his mother Cheryl A. Harris, of Cranberry Township; father, Douglas, and brothers,’ Brandon and Adam, all of Allison Park, Pa.
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