text:  Army Sergeant Javier Sanchez Jr. died June 23, 2013, serving during Operation Enduring Freedom. Sanchez, 28, of Greenfield, California, was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. He was killed in action in Saar Roza, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by improvised explosives and ice. He joined the Army in August of 2006 and arrived at Fort Drum five years after.