Spc. Kedith L. Jacobs, 21, was supporting Operation Eduring Freedom when his unit was attacked by enemy forces on May 27. Pfc. Leroy Deronde, 22 of Jersey City, N.J., was also killed in the attack. Jacobs was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. Both soldiers were deployed with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division in eastern Afghanistan. The brigade deployed about 3,500 soldiers from Fort Bliss in October and will return to Texas this month . The brigade is conducting combat operations and advising Afghan security forces.