REYMUND "REY" TRANSFIGURACION
August 12, 2018
Name:
SFC Reymund "Rey" Transfiguracion
Hometown:
Waikoloa, Hawaii
DOB:
May 20, 1982
DOP:
August 12, 2018
Entered Service:
July 25, 2001
Deployments:
He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2005-2006 (Hawaii National Guard), again to Iraq in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from 2008-2009, the Philippines for six months, from 2010-2011, in support of Joint Special Operations Task Force – Philippines. With 1st SFG (A) in March 2018, he deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
Units:
Hawaii National Guard; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Horizontal Construction Engineer-Fort Polk, Louisiana, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne).
Education:
His military education includes the Technical Transportation of Hazardous Materials Course, Indonesian Special Operations Language Course, Survival, Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) School, Special Forces Individual Training Course, U.S. Army Airborne School, Counter Improvised Explosive Device Course, Combat Life Savers Course, U.S. Army Air Assault School, Combatives Level 1, and the basic and advanced leader courses.
Awards & Decorations:
Transfiguracion's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart (OLC), Meritorious Service Medal, Army Achievement Medal (OLC), Army Good Conduct Medal (3), National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (2), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (2), NATO Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Combat Action Badge, Special Forces Tab, Combat Infantry Badge, Basic Parachutist Badge, and Air Assault Badge. He was posthumously promoted to Sgt. 1st Class and awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, and the Meritorious Service Medal.
Survived By:
He is survived by his wife Edelyn and two children Rylan and Ella.
Honoree Bio:
Sgt. 1st Class Reymund R. Transfiguracion, 36, of Waikoloa, Hawaii, died August 12, 2018 from wounds sustained as a result of an Improvised Explosive Device attack in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on August 7, 2018.
Born in Sarrat Ilocos Norte, Philippines, on May 20, 1982, Transfiguracion enlisted as a motor transport operator in the Hawaii National Guard on July 25, 2001. He deployed with the Hawaii National Guard in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2005-2006.
He joined active duty on February 19, 2008 and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from 2008-2009. Following his 2009 deployment, Transfiguracion was stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, where he deployed to the Philippines for six months in support of Joint Special Operations Task Force – Philippines from 2010-2011. Following his assignment in Hawaii, Transfiguracion attended Advanced Individual Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. His first assignment as a horizontal construction engineer was in Fort Polk, Louisiana. There he was selected for Special Forces. After completion of his Special Forces training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Transfiguracion was subsequently assigned to Joint Base Lewis – McChord and B Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) as an engineer sergeant. In March 2018, he deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.