Bio: Werner, Spec. 4 Jared (Military - 2013)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surname: Werner

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 05/16/2013

Jared Werner and another member of his squad were wounded while serving with the United States Army in Afghanistan in late April. Both are now recovering at the medical complex at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.

Chow Werner said Jared is ambulatory and doing OK. Jared’s mother was leaving today for Texas to visit him. “He is getting up and able to walk. It sounds like everything is going to be alright,” Chow Werner said.

Jared Werner is a specialist 4 and combat engineer in the Army. He was about five months into his first deployment to Afghanistan when he was wounded. He was stationed at White Sands, N. M. prior to the deployment. Werner graduated from Medford Area Senior High in 2007 and joined the army after college.

The family was notified of the wounding in late April. He was treated in Afghanistan and transferred to Germany for follow-up surgeries before being sent to Texas.