Jameson Lynn Lindskog
May 25, 1987 - Mar. 29, 2011
Resident of Pleasanton
Jameson Lynn Lindskog, 23, a resident of Pleasanton, California, was killed in action on March 29, 2011 in Afghanistan. Jameson, an Army Medical Technician, was fatally wounded while attempting to provide aid to his fellow soldiers during combat. Jameson will be remembered for his deep and caring commitment to his family and those he loved, his kindness and sensitivity towards animals, and his deeply rooted sense of right and wrong.
Born May 25, 1987 in San Mateo, California to Donna Marie Walker and Curtis Lynn Lindskog, Jameson graduated from Orion Academy in Moraga in 2006, and then attended NHI to become a Certified Massage Therapist. Shortly thereafter, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and became a Certified Emergency Medical Technician for the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.
Jameson is survived by his siblings Ken Nekotani and Candace Khattab, his parents, Donna and Matthew Walker of Pleasanton, CA and Jo and Curtis Lindskog of Livermore, CA, as well as numerous other family members, all of which he held very dear.
Published in East Bay Times on Apr. 3, 2011
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Pleasanton's Jameson Lindskog, 23, became an Army medic to get the training and education he would need to become a physical therapist.
On Tuesday, March 29, he was killed in Afghanistan while using his new medical knowledge to help fellow soldiers who had been shot, said his mother, Donna Walker.
East Bay Times
April 2, 20114
Jameson had Aspergers.
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Army Spc. Jameson Lindskog, 23, Pleasanton; among 6 killed in Afghan firefight
July 24, 2011|By Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times
The medic took a single-minded, methodical approach to his job that earned him respect and admiration from officers and enlisted alike, his parents were told.
Like many people exhibiting traits of the mild form of autism known as Asperger's syndrome, Jameson Lindskog often saw the world in black and white.
Lindskog tended to be rigid — to the point of socially awkward — when it came to expectations of himself and others.
So it was no surprise, his father said, that his son responded unflinchingly when he was put to the test as an Army medic in Afghanistan.
On March 29, the 23-year-old specialist's unit came under fire in eastern Kunar province and several soldiers were hit by small-arms fire.
Lindskog rushed to the aid of one of the wounded, his parents said. He was tending to his fallen comrade when he was fatally shot himself, the family was told by Army officials.
"When the time came, he did not hesitate. He did not falter. He did his job," Lindskog's father, Curtis, said recently.
Five other soldiers were killed in the firefight.
Lindskog was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Ft. Campbell, Ky.
As a child growing up in the Bay Area suburb of Pleasanton, Lindskog struggled to fit in. He had problems making friends and got below-average grades in school. Teachers and school administrators insisted his problems were behavioral, his parents said.
But testing eventually revealed that he had a learning disability. He was found to have several traits of those with Asperger's, a condition characterized by normal intelligence but poor social skills. Someone with Asperger's, for example, may have trouble reading body language that others would consider obvious, or telling a white lie to avoid hurting another's feelings.
Lindskog's parents enrolled him in the Orion Academy, which specializes in teaching college prep courses to children with Asperger's and other learning disabilities. His grades improved dramatically. After graduation in 2006, he went to trade school and became a licensed massage therapist but had a tough time finding work in a depressed job market.
One day, he came home and declared that he had joined the Army, said his mother, Donna Walker.
Initially, Walker was not sure this was the right decision for her son, a quiet, sensitive, self-described "mama's boy" who loved animals, taught himself to play piano by ear and much preferred video games to outdoor sports.
An aptitude test Lindskog took at the recruiting center suggested that he was well-suited to become a medic, a path he chose to pursue.
As he did in civilian life, in the military Lindskog continued to tell it as he saw it, Lindskog's mother said she was told by several of her son's fellow soldiers. And he did that regardless of how many stripes the person he was talking to had on his sleeve.
"He loved to correct people," his mother said. He would typically begin such comments with the phrase, "Well, technically…"
That refrain earned him the nickname "Technically" among some of the guys in his unit, she said.
Despite the ribbing, Lindskog's single-minded, methodical approach to his job earned him respect and admiration from officers and enlisted alike, his parents said they were told.
The night before he was killed, he spent hours preparing his gear in case there were heavy casualties during the next day's mission. He pre-sized tourniquets to the different physiques of the soldiers in his unit and made sure he had supplies for any scenario that might unfold.
Even after he had been shot, Lindskog calmly instructed another soldier who came to his side on how to administer first aid to him, the soldier would later tell Lindskog's mother.
When he was done, Lindskog told him: "That's it. That's all you can do for me."
Then he added, "Just hold my hand."
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Jameson L. Lindskog, 23
Army, Specialist
Based: Ft. Campbell, Ky.
2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: March 29, 2011
Kunar province, Afghanistan
Single
Gender: Male
Hometown: Pleasanton
High School: Orion Academy (Moraga)
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Military Hall of Honor
Jameson Lynn Lindskog
Specialist, U.S. Army
On 29 March 2011, Specialist Jameson Lynn Lindskog was serving as a Medical Aidman with the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
On that day, SPC Lindskog served as the assigned medic to 3rd platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, during the decisive operation for Operation Strong Eagle III responsible for the seizure and clearance of Objective Richmond, the village of Barowolo Kalay, a known insurgent strong point. While maneuvering to the 80 series of qalats during the clearance phase of the operation, the lead section encountered a complex ambush from multiple directions and was pinned down in a draw. During the initial contact there were 3 casualties, the lead Squad Leader was shot in his back, one team leader was shot in the arm, and one ANA Soldier was seriously wounded. SPC Lindskog was traveling in the trail element and maneuvered rapidly to reinforce the lead section in contact while receiving heavy enemy fire overhead. At great personal risk to his life, SPC Lindskog showed no hesitation and bounded to the wounded Soldiers through withering enemy fire while brush, trees, and debris were destroyed around him. Once the reinforcements reached the ambushed men, SPC Lindskog immediately assessed the situation, evaluated casualties, and issued priorities for first aid. The team leader was ambulatory so SPC Lindskog began treating the squad leader, checking buddy aide that had already been rendered while checking for other injures. Again ignoring his own safety, SPC Lindskog packed the squad leader's wounds with Kerlix and adjusted existing pressure dressings, even as enemy fire impacted all around him. Once the secondary aide on the squad leader had been completed, SPC Lindskog instructed others on how to care for the wounded squad leader and moved to the wounded ANA Soldier, even after another Soldier was shot twice in the front ESAPI plate just moments before at the same location. As SPC Lindskog passed out medical equipment to help treat the wounded and began treatment on a wounded ANA Soldier, he was struck just under the left arm by an enemy round that lodged in his chest. SPC Lindskog slumped to his side and, although he was mortally wounded, he continued to instruct his fellow Soldiers on how to treat his wounds and give care to other wounded Soldiers. SPC Lindskog remained lucid for another 30 minutes, continuing to give instructions on how to care for others and himself until he succumbed to his wounds. At no time did SPC Lindskog ask to be evacuated once severely wounded and, in fact, asked to stay and assist with the casualties, knowing both the severity of the situation and the wounds he received. SPC Lindskog continued to give instructions to others to continue on-site care for the wounded until he succumbed to his injuries. SPC Lindskog's medical care and instructions stabilized one U.S. casualty and one ANA casualty until the MEDEVAC could finally arrive. SPC Lindskog's selfless, courageous actions that day earned him, at the cost of his life, the U.S. Army's third highest award for valor, the Silver Star Medal.
After he was shot, SPC Lindskog calmly instructed another soldier who came to his side on how to administer first aid to him. When the man finished following the instructions, SPC Lindskog told him: "That's it. That's all you can do for me." Then he added, "Just hold my hand."
Medals, Awards and Badges:
Silver Star Medal
Purple Heart
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Army Overseas Service Ribbon
NATO ISAF Medal
Combat Medical Badge
Silver Star Medal Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Specialist Jameson L. Lindskog, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity on 29 March 2011 while serving as a Medical Aidman with the 2d Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, while fighting against hostile enemy defenses during Operation STRONG EAGLE III, in Marawara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Specialist Lindskog, under seemingly insurmountable conditions of the harshest extremes, was able to inspire the combined combat forces to persevere and win under conditions much more favorable to the enemy. His courage, bravery and leadership in combat set the example for all to follow. Specialist Lindskog's distinctive accomplishments are in keeping with the finest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 327th Infantry Regiment, the 1st Brigade Combat Team, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and the United States Army.
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Pleasanton Weekly
Cover Story - July 9, 2021
Honoring Spc. Lindskog
Camp Parks dedicates new medical training facility in memory of late Pleasanton soldier
by Ryan J. Degan
Parks Reserve Forces Training Area in Dublin has dedicated its new medical training facility as the Spc. Jameson L. Lindskog Army Reserve Center, in remembrance of the Pleasanton native and Army combat medic who was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan in 2011.
Located within the central base area, the facility unveiled last week will be utilized by the Regional Training Site Medical at Camp Parks to train current and future military medical professionals.
"It's a great day to honor a great soldier," Maj. Gen. Jonathan Woodson, commanding general of Army Reserve Medical Command, said during a dedication ceremony on June 29.
"To his family, both present and remote, on behalf of senior leaders in the Department of Defense, I want to thank you for the patriotism, service, sacrifice of specialist Lindskog," Woodson said. "He is as Abraham Lincoln once said: 'He gave his last full measure of devotion to this country on the battlefield.' You can not give more to your nation."
The building that will help train future military medical personnel has been dedicated to Lindskog, who was killed in action on March 29, 2011 while deployed to Afghanistan with the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). The 23-year-old Pleasanton native was severely wounded while caring for an Afghan National Army soldier after his unit was attacked by enemy forces in Afghanistan's Kunar Province. Despite this mortal injury, Lindskog was still able to provide care and advice to his comrades.
Camp Parks officials noted that Lindskog was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal for his acts of heroism.
In honor of Lindskog making the ultimate sacrifice while serving his country, the Camp Parks medical training building named in his honor will be used to prepare future soldiers and military medical personnel on how they can serve their country by saving the lives of their fellow soldiers as well as civilians.
"The facilities in this building will play a big role in ensuring readiness of doctors, nurses, combat medics and other medical specialists, to make sure that they are combat ready to serve when the nation calls," Woodson said.
"It will be one of the advanced simulation centers used to train, retrain and sustain critical medical skills. It is here that medics will be held to the high army values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and courage that Spc. Lindskog demonstrated in action," he added
The Lindskog Reserve Center has a medical training center equipped with six simulation training rooms, each of which has equipment that will help prepare medical service members for work in the field.
With hospital beds, simulated patients and bio-medical equipment, the training center also allows training in role 1 (immediate small unit care) to role 3 care (more specialized care such as specialist surgical and preventive medicine).
Training regimens include CPR courses for adults and infants, certain surgical procedures and even lifelike re-enactments of what treating a wounded person in the field may look like, with fake blood, mannequins and smoke included.
Section includes training for emergency medical technicians (EMTs), intensive care units (ICUs), pharmacy, X-ray and lab work.
"It's here in this building, soldiers are going to train with cutting edge technology to enhance the Army's medical response, as we get after providing the best healthcare available to our young men and women who are out serving this nation," said Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Marsiglia, commanding general, Medical Readiness and Training Command.
"At Army Reserve medical training centers, the center of gravity are these (Regional Training Site-Medical sites); they are ready today for saving tomorrow," Marsiglia added.
The dedication ceremony for the building was held on June 29 and included a 13-gun salute from three World War II era howitzer artillery pieces.
A group of military and local civilian leaders were on hand to mark the occasion, including Dublin Mayor Melissa Hernandez and Pleasanton Mayor Karla Brown.
"A decade ago, Pleasanton lost one of its bravest residents ... It was a tremendous loss for his family and for our Pleasanton community," Brown said.
"With this dedication of the medical training facility today, Spc. Jameson Lindskog's legacy of serving others will continue to remind each of us of his sacrifice and his bravery. As a mother myself, I realize that time will never heal the pain of losing a child, but I hope that the Lindskog family can find comfort in knowing that Jameson's legacy will live on for future generations," she added.
"Pleasanton will never forget his service or the ultimate sacrifice that specialist Lindskog gave for us."
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Casualties
Full Name JAMESON LYNN LINDSKOG
Age 23
Gender MALE
Race WHITE
Residence PLEASANTON, ALAMEDA, CA, US
Gulf Operation U.S. Military Casualties - Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Names of Fallen
Branch Army
Component ACTIVE DUTY
Rank SPC
Pay Grade E04
Military Unit HHC, 2D BATTALION, 327TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY
Death Date 29 Mar 2011
Incident Geographic Code AF
Casualty Geographic Code AF
Casualty Place SARKANI, KONAR, AFGHANISTAN
Conflict Period Afghanistan War
Served for United States of America
U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection
Name Jameson Lynn Lindskog
Gender Male
Death Age 23
Birth Date 25 May 1987
Birth Place San Mateo, California
Residence Place Pleasanton, California
Death Date 29 Mar 2011
Death Place Afghanistan
Obituary Date 2 Apr 2011
Mother Donna Walker
Parents Donna Marie Walker; Curtis Lynn Lindskog
Siblings Candace Khattab; Ken Nekotani
Jameson Lynn Lindskog
May 25, 1987 - Mar. 29, 2011
Resident of Pleasanton
Jameson Lynn Lindskog, 23, a resident of Pleasanton, California, was killed in action on March 29, 2011 in Afghanistan. Jameson, an Army Medical Technician, was fatally wounded while attempting to provide aid to his fellow soldiers during combat. Jameson will be remembered for his deep and caring commitment to his family and those he loved, his kindness and sensitivity towards animals, and his deeply rooted sense of right and wrong.
Born May 25, 1987 in San Mateo, California to Donna Marie Walker and Curtis Lynn Lindskog, Jameson graduated from Orion Academy in Moraga in 2006, and then attended NHI to become a Certified Massage Therapist. Shortly thereafter, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and became a Certified Emergency Medical Technician for the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.
Jameson is survived by his siblings Ken Nekotani and Candace Khattab, his parents, Donna and Matthew Walker of Pleasanton, CA and Jo and Curtis Lindskog of Livermore, CA, as well as numerous other family members, all of which he held very dear.
Published in East Bay Times on Apr. 3, 2011
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Pleasanton's Jameson Lindskog, 23, became an Army medic to get the training and education he would need to become a physical therapist.
On Tuesday, March 29, he was killed in Afghanistan while using his new medical knowledge to help fellow soldiers who had been shot, said his mother, Donna Walker.
East Bay Times
April 2, 20114
Jameson had Aspergers.
____________________________________________________________
Army Spc. Jameson Lindskog, 23, Pleasanton; among 6 killed in Afghan firefight
July 24, 2011|By Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times
The medic took a single-minded, methodical approach to his job that earned him respect and admiration from officers and enlisted alike, his parents were told.
Like many people exhibiting traits of the mild form of autism known as Asperger's syndrome, Jameson Lindskog often saw the world in black and white.
Lindskog tended to be rigid — to the point of socially awkward — when it came to expectations of himself and others.
So it was no surprise, his father said, that his son responded unflinchingly when he was put to the test as an Army medic in Afghanistan.
On March 29, the 23-year-old specialist's unit came under fire in eastern Kunar province and several soldiers were hit by small-arms fire.
Lindskog rushed to the aid of one of the wounded, his parents said. He was tending to his fallen comrade when he was fatally shot himself, the family was told by Army officials.
"When the time came, he did not hesitate. He did not falter. He did his job," Lindskog's father, Curtis, said recently.
Five other soldiers were killed in the firefight.
Lindskog was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Ft. Campbell, Ky.
As a child growing up in the Bay Area suburb of Pleasanton, Lindskog struggled to fit in. He had problems making friends and got below-average grades in school. Teachers and school administrators insisted his problems were behavioral, his parents said.
But testing eventually revealed that he had a learning disability. He was found to have several traits of those with Asperger's, a condition characterized by normal intelligence but poor social skills. Someone with Asperger's, for example, may have trouble reading body language that others would consider obvious, or telling a white lie to avoid hurting another's feelings.
Lindskog's parents enrolled him in the Orion Academy, which specializes in teaching college prep courses to children with Asperger's and other learning disabilities. His grades improved dramatically. After graduation in 2006, he went to trade school and became a licensed massage therapist but had a tough time finding work in a depressed job market.
One day, he came home and declared that he had joined the Army, said his mother, Donna Walker.
Initially, Walker was not sure this was the right decision for her son, a quiet, sensitive, self-described "mama's boy" who loved animals, taught himself to play piano by ear and much preferred video games to outdoor sports.
An aptitude test Lindskog took at the recruiting center suggested that he was well-suited to become a medic, a path he chose to pursue.
As he did in civilian life, in the military Lindskog continued to tell it as he saw it, Lindskog's mother said she was told by several of her son's fellow soldiers. And he did that regardless of how many stripes the person he was talking to had on his sleeve.
"He loved to correct people," his mother said. He would typically begin such comments with the phrase, "Well, technically…"
That refrain earned him the nickname "Technically" among some of the guys in his unit, she said.
Despite the ribbing, Lindskog's single-minded, methodical approach to his job earned him respect and admiration from officers and enlisted alike, his parents said they were told.
The night before he was killed, he spent hours preparing his gear in case there were heavy casualties during the next day's mission. He pre-sized tourniquets to the different physiques of the soldiers in his unit and made sure he had supplies for any scenario that might unfold.
Even after he had been shot, Lindskog calmly instructed another soldier who came to his side on how to administer first aid to him, the soldier would later tell Lindskog's mother.
When he was done, Lindskog told him: "That's it. That's all you can do for me."
Then he added, "Just hold my hand."
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Jameson L. Lindskog, 23
Army, Specialist
Based: Ft. Campbell, Ky.
2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: March 29, 2011
Kunar province, Afghanistan
Single
Gender: Male
Hometown: Pleasanton
High School: Orion Academy (Moraga)
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Military Hall of Honor
Jameson Lynn Lindskog
Specialist, U.S. Army
On 29 March 2011, Specialist Jameson Lynn Lindskog was serving as a Medical Aidman with the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
On that day, SPC Lindskog served as the assigned medic to 3rd platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, during the decisive operation for Operation Strong Eagle III responsible for the seizure and clearance of Objective Richmond, the village of Barowolo Kalay, a known insurgent strong point. While maneuvering to the 80 series of qalats during the clearance phase of the operation, the lead section encountered a complex ambush from multiple directions and was pinned down in a draw. During the initial contact there were 3 casualties, the lead Squad Leader was shot in his back, one team leader was shot in the arm, and one ANA Soldier was seriously wounded. SPC Lindskog was traveling in the trail element and maneuvered rapidly to reinforce the lead section in contact while receiving heavy enemy fire overhead. At great personal risk to his life, SPC Lindskog showed no hesitation and bounded to the wounded Soldiers through withering enemy fire while brush, trees, and debris were destroyed around him. Once the reinforcements reached the ambushed men, SPC Lindskog immediately assessed the situation, evaluated casualties, and issued priorities for first aid. The team leader was ambulatory so SPC Lindskog began treating the squad leader, checking buddy aide that had already been rendered while checking for other injures. Again ignoring his own safety, SPC Lindskog packed the squad leader's wounds with Kerlix and adjusted existing pressure dressings, even as enemy fire impacted all around him. Once the secondary aide on the squad leader had been completed, SPC Lindskog instructed others on how to care for the wounded squad leader and moved to the wounded ANA Soldier, even after another Soldier was shot twice in the front ESAPI plate just moments before at the same location. As SPC Lindskog passed out medical equipment to help treat the wounded and began treatment on a wounded ANA Soldier, he was struck just under the left arm by an enemy round that lodged in his chest. SPC Lindskog slumped to his side and, although he was mortally wounded, he continued to instruct his fellow Soldiers on how to treat his wounds and give care to other wounded Soldiers. SPC Lindskog remained lucid for another 30 minutes, continuing to give instructions on how to care for others and himself until he succumbed to his wounds. At no time did SPC Lindskog ask to be evacuated once severely wounded and, in fact, asked to stay and assist with the casualties, knowing both the severity of the situation and the wounds he received. SPC Lindskog continued to give instructions to others to continue on-site care for the wounded until he succumbed to his injuries. SPC Lindskog's medical care and instructions stabilized one U.S. casualty and one ANA casualty until the MEDEVAC could finally arrive. SPC Lindskog's selfless, courageous actions that day earned him, at the cost of his life, the U.S. Army's third highest award for valor, the Silver Star Medal.
After he was shot, SPC Lindskog calmly instructed another soldier who came to his side on how to administer first aid to him. When the man finished following the instructions, SPC Lindskog told him: "That's it. That's all you can do for me." Then he added, "Just hold my hand."
Medals, Awards and Badges:
Silver Star Medal
Purple Heart
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Army Overseas Service Ribbon
NATO ISAF Medal
Combat Medical Badge
Silver Star Medal Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Specialist Jameson L. Lindskog, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity on 29 March 2011 while serving as a Medical Aidman with the 2d Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, while fighting against hostile enemy defenses during Operation STRONG EAGLE III, in Marawara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Specialist Lindskog, under seemingly insurmountable conditions of the harshest extremes, was able to inspire the combined combat forces to persevere and win under conditions much more favorable to the enemy. His courage, bravery and leadership in combat set the example for all to follow. Specialist Lindskog's distinctive accomplishments are in keeping with the finest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 327th Infantry Regiment, the 1st Brigade Combat Team, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and the United States Army.
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Pleasanton Weekly
Cover Story - July 9, 2021
Honoring Spc. Lindskog
Camp Parks dedicates new medical training facility in memory of late Pleasanton soldier
by Ryan J. Degan
Parks Reserve Forces Training Area in Dublin has dedicated its new medical training facility as the Spc. Jameson L. Lindskog Army Reserve Center, in remembrance of the Pleasanton native and Army combat medic who was killed in action while serving in Afghanistan in 2011.
Located within the central base area, the facility unveiled last week will be utilized by the Regional Training Site Medical at Camp Parks to train current and future military medical professionals.
"It's a great day to honor a great soldier," Maj. Gen. Jonathan Woodson, commanding general of Army Reserve Medical Command, said during a dedication ceremony on June 29.
"To his family, both present and remote, on behalf of senior leaders in the Department of Defense, I want to thank you for the patriotism, service, sacrifice of specialist Lindskog," Woodson said. "He is as Abraham Lincoln once said: 'He gave his last full measure of devotion to this country on the battlefield.' You can not give more to your nation."
The building that will help train future military medical personnel has been dedicated to Lindskog, who was killed in action on March 29, 2011 while deployed to Afghanistan with the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). The 23-year-old Pleasanton native was severely wounded while caring for an Afghan National Army soldier after his unit was attacked by enemy forces in Afghanistan's Kunar Province. Despite this mortal injury, Lindskog was still able to provide care and advice to his comrades.
Camp Parks officials noted that Lindskog was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal for his acts of heroism.
In honor of Lindskog making the ultimate sacrifice while serving his country, the Camp Parks medical training building named in his honor will be used to prepare future soldiers and military medical personnel on how they can serve their country by saving the lives of their fellow soldiers as well as civilians.
"The facilities in this building will play a big role in ensuring readiness of doctors, nurses, combat medics and other medical specialists, to make sure that they are combat ready to serve when the nation calls," Woodson said.
"It will be one of the advanced simulation centers used to train, retrain and sustain critical medical skills. It is here that medics will be held to the high army values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and courage that Spc. Lindskog demonstrated in action," he added
The Lindskog Reserve Center has a medical training center equipped with six simulation training rooms, each of which has equipment that will help prepare medical service members for work in the field.
With hospital beds, simulated patients and bio-medical equipment, the training center also allows training in role 1 (immediate small unit care) to role 3 care (more specialized care such as specialist surgical and preventive medicine).
Training regimens include CPR courses for adults and infants, certain surgical procedures and even lifelike re-enactments of what treating a wounded person in the field may look like, with fake blood, mannequins and smoke included.
Section includes training for emergency medical technicians (EMTs), intensive care units (ICUs), pharmacy, X-ray and lab work.
"It's here in this building, soldiers are going to train with cutting edge technology to enhance the Army's medical response, as we get after providing the best healthcare available to our young men and women who are out serving this nation," said Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Marsiglia, commanding general, Medical Readiness and Training Command.
"At Army Reserve medical training centers, the center of gravity are these (Regional Training Site-Medical sites); they are ready today for saving tomorrow," Marsiglia added.
The dedication ceremony for the building was held on June 29 and included a 13-gun salute from three World War II era howitzer artillery pieces.
A group of military and local civilian leaders were on hand to mark the occasion, including Dublin Mayor Melissa Hernandez and Pleasanton Mayor Karla Brown.
"A decade ago, Pleasanton lost one of its bravest residents ... It was a tremendous loss for his family and for our Pleasanton community," Brown said.
"With this dedication of the medical training facility today, Spc. Jameson Lindskog's legacy of serving others will continue to remind each of us of his sacrifice and his bravery. As a mother myself, I realize that time will never heal the pain of losing a child, but I hope that the Lindskog family can find comfort in knowing that Jameson's legacy will live on for future generations," she added.
"Pleasanton will never forget his service or the ultimate sacrifice that specialist Lindskog gave for us."
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Casualties
Full Name JAMESON LYNN LINDSKOG
Age 23
Gender MALE
Race WHITE
Residence PLEASANTON, ALAMEDA, CA, US
Gulf Operation U.S. Military Casualties - Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Names of Fallen
Branch Army
Component ACTIVE DUTY
Rank SPC
Pay Grade E04
Military Unit HHC, 2D BATTALION, 327TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY
Death Date 29 Mar 2011
Incident Geographic Code AF
Casualty Geographic Code AF
Casualty Place SARKANI, KONAR, AFGHANISTAN
Conflict Period Afghanistan War
Served for United States of America
U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection
Name Jameson Lynn Lindskog
Gender Male
Death Age 23
Birth Date 25 May 1987
Birth Place San Mateo, California
Residence Place Pleasanton, California
Death Date 29 Mar 2011
Death Place Afghanistan
Obituary Date 2 Apr 2011
Mother Donna Walker
Parents Donna Marie Walker; Curtis Lynn Lindskog
Siblings Candace Khattab; Ken Nekotani
