2nd Annual Brian Arsenault Memorial Ride 2017
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Specialist Brian K. Arsenault, 28, Bronze Star recipient, was valiantly killed in action on Sept 4th, 2014 while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Arsenault completed his airborne training in 2012 and joined the 82d Airborne, based in Fort Bragg, N.C. He was a grenadier with B Company, First Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, First Brigade Combat Team.
The 82d was activated in 1917 as an airborne infantry division specializing in parachute assault operations, and it has been involved in every major US war since then, as well as regional conflicts and rescue operations. Arsenault was at least the 48th service member from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan, according to the state Department of Veterans’ Services. He is believed to be the first service member from Northborough to die in a major conflict since the Vietnam War.
Arsenault graduated in 2004 from Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, MA, where he played hockey and baseball.
Read MoreSpecialist Brian K. Arsenault, 28, Bronze Star recipient, was valiantly killed in action on Sept 4th, 2014 while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Arsenault completed his airborne training in 2012 and joined the 82d Airborne, based in Fort Bragg, N.C. He was a grenadier with B Company, First Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, First Brigade Combat Team.
The 82d was activated in 1917 as an airborne infantry division specializing in parachute assault operations, and it has been involved in every major US war since then, as well as regional conflicts and rescue operations. Arsenault was at least the 48th service member from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan, according to the state Department of Veterans’ Services. He is believed to be the first service member from Northborough to die in a major conflict since the Vietnam War.
Arsenault graduated in 2004 from Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, MA, where he played hockey and baseball.
