The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

PFC Adam E. Dobereiner, 21, of Moline, Ill., died Nov. 18 at Kandahar province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 8th Engineer Battalion; 36th Engineer Brigade from Fort Hood, Texas.

According to the 8th Engineer Battalion Facebook page, Dobereiner was a member of the 937th Route Clearance Company. He was killed in the Arghandab Valley in southern Afghanistan, and two other soldiers were injured.

In a news release Sunday, the Illinois National Guard says it is providing military support to the Dobereiner family. They have declined interviews.

Dobereiner was a 2008 graduate of Moline High School where he was a wrestler and on the football team.

Moline wrestling Coach James Ealy tells the Quad City Times that Dobereiner was a hard worker with guts and determination.

He says Dobereiner’s family has a history of military service.

PFC Dobereiner is the 1,839^th American killed in Afghanistan … Ich hatt’ einen Kameraden