Chiomento, Robert Joseph Ii

Staff Sergeant Robert Joseph Chiomento II was a 34-year-old soldier from Fort Dix, New Jersey. He served with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, based at Fort Polk, Louisiana, as part of the U.S. Army's contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom.

On July 17, 2006, Chiomento was killed during combat operations in the village of Khwaya Ahmad, located in Afghanistan's Paktika province. According to U.S. military reports, his unit was engaged in a firefight with enemy forces. The Department of Defense confirmed his death was the result of hostile action.

Chiomento's death occurred during the fifth year of Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In mid-2006, U.S. and coalition forces were heavily engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan's eastern provinces, an area bordering Pakistan known for militant activity.

The Department of Defense announced his death on July 19, 2006. He was survived by his wife and children. His remains were returned to the United States, and he was buried with military honors.

Staff Sergeant Chiomento is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation and on online veterans' remembrance sites. His name is inscribed on Panel 8a, Line 129 of the Afghanistan Campaign Memorial at the Army's National Infantry Museum.

Staff Sergeant Chiomento was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001?2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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