Sgt Andrew T. Lobosco
Hometown: Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.
Age: 29 years old
Died: August 22, 2009 in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C
Hometown: Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.
Age: 29 years old
Died: August 22, 2009 in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C
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Birth: Nov. 20, 1979
Somerset Somerset County New Jersey, USA Death: Aug. 22, 2009, Afghanistan Staff Sgt Andrew Lobosco of Somerville, New Jersey lived in Bridgewater and graduated in 1998 from Immaculata High School in Somerville. He attended Raritan Valley Community College and received his Associate's Degree. He joined the Army in 2003 and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg. He earned the distinction of being a Green Beret in January 2007. He is survived by his parents, Bonnie Kostiuk Lobosco and Robert Lobosco; his twin sister, Lisa, his grandfather, Joseph M. Kostiuk and his extended family. Andrew died at age 29 in Yakhchal, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit. Army 2nd Battalion 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Fort Bragg, N.C. Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Sec 60 Site 9228 Robert and Bonnie Lobosco admire the newly installed plaque at the footbridge between Somerville and Bridgewater named in honor of their son, Army Staff Sargent Andrew T. Lobosco, killed in Afghanistan last year. BRIDGEWATER – The parents of Army Staff Sargent Andrew T. Lobosco, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in August 2009, joined local officials to view recently installed plaques dedicated to their son’s memory.
The two bronze plaques are located at either end of the SSgt. Andrew T. Lobosco Memorial Bridge, a pedestrian bridge linking Somerville near Immaculata High School with the Bridgewater Commons Mall across Route 22. The footbridge was dedicated to his memory during a ceremony held in February; however, the plaques were not ready at that time and were installed later. Robert and Bonnie Lobosco joined members of the Somerset County Board of Freeholders, State Sen. Kip Bateman, Bridgewater Councilman Dan Hayes, and Immaculata High School student Steven Wright at the bridge on Sept. 9, which coincidentally was the one-year anniversary of SSgt. Lobosco’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. The Loboscos also wished to visit the plaques for the first time near Sept. 11, a date that was so important to their son and his military unit. SSgt. Lobosco’s memory also has been honored by Task Force 111-B of the 5th Special Forces Group serving overseas. The clinic at the unit’s Fire Base Davis in Qalat, Afghanistan, has been named the Lobosco Aid Station. “It is a small token of our profound appreciation and honor of the ultimate sacrifice made by SSG Lobosco in service to his country and a small gesture of our feelings of brotherhood with our 7th Special Forces Group comrades and the medics who serve within its ranks,” the Task Force members wrote. SSgt. Lobosco was a medic with the 7th Special Forces Group in Afghanistan at the time of his death. “His life was filled with giving back and his love was his flag, his country, his team, his patriotism, his family and friends and his dedication to freedom for all of us,” said his mother, Bonnie Lobosco. “His goal was to become a doctor at Walter Reed Hospital and he would have been great at that and then some. He was what they called ‘a quiet professional’ and never tooted his own horn for any reason; maybe that was why he was so loved and admired.” Sen. Bateman spearheaded the bridge naming; Councilman Hayes helped organize the February dedication ceremony. The Freeholders – Director Jack M. Ciattarelli, Deputy Director Robert Zaborowski, Peter S. Palmer, Patricia L. Walsh and Patrick Scaglione – hosted the event at the county-owned pedestrian bridge. Steven Wright originally proposed the bridge-naming idea, since SSgt. Lobosco had graduated from Immaculata. Mr. Lobosco lives in Bridgewater; Mrs. Lobosco resides in Easton, Pa. |
Robert and Bonnie Lobosco admire the newly installed plaque at the footbridge between Somerville and Bridgewater named in honor of their son, Army Staff Sargent Andrew T. Lobosco
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