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Carrier Family Funeral Home & Crematory obituary
38 Range Rd, Route 111
Windham, New Hampshire 03087
Phone: (603) 898-9552
Fax: (603) 912-5007

Jason Zaki
September 11, 1987 - September 18, 2019

Jason Zaki, 32 of Atkinson NH, died September 18, 2019 in Qatar while deployed to the Al Udeid Air Base 609th Air Operations Center from the Pentagon.

Jason was born in Falls Church VA, grew up in Framingham MA and later graduated from Fitchburg State College. He then went on to The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University where he graduated with a Master’s Degree in International Affairs with a concentration in China Studies.

Jason was proud to work within Military Intelligence for the US Department of Defense and was deeply committed and driven to serving his country. Jason was a movie buff with a radiant laugh who had a wild amount of history knowledge.

Jason is survived by his mother, stepfather, and father: Anne (Ross) and Joe Carreiro of Atkinson, NH and Omar Zaki of CA.

Siblings: Sarah Reason of Boston, MA and Alex Zaki of CA.

Step Siblings: Joe Carreiro Jr. of Salem, NH and Cheryl Bernardo of Boxboro, MA.

As well as many Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and close family members and friends.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday, Sept. 30th at 10:30 AM at St. Anne’s Parish, Hampstead, NH. Burial will follow in Atkinson Cemetery, Atkinson, NH.

Friends and relatives who would like to honor Jason are invited to calling hours on Sunday, Sept. 29th from 2-5 PM at the Carrier Family Funeral Home, 38 Range Rd, Windham, NH.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jason’s name to Fisher House Foundation (https://fisherhouse.org) | 12300 Twinbrook Parkway #410 Rockville MD 20852, or to Bush School Former Student Scholarship (https://www.txamfoundation.com/give) | C/O The Texas A&M Foundation, 401 George Bush Dr, College Station, TX 77840.

For directions or to send a message of condolence, please visit www.carrierfuneralhome.com


SERVICES

Visitation
Sunday, September 29, 2019
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Carrier Family Funeral Home & Crematory
38 Range Rd, Route 111
Windham, New Hampshire 03087


Funeral Service
Monday, September 30, 2019
10:30 AM

St. Anne's Parish
Emerson Avenue
Hampstead, NH
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https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/09/20/air-force-identifies-air-force-civilian-casualty/

Air Force identifies Air Force civilian casualty
By: Diana Stancy Correll

The Air Force identified Jason Zaki, an intelligence analyst and Marine Corps veteran, as the Air Force civilian who died on Wednesday due to a non-combat related incident at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Zaki, 32, was deployed to the 609th Air Operations Center from the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., the Air Force said. He was in Qatar supporting Middle East operations.

“Jason was a noble American serving his nation while deployed as a 609th Air Operations Center civilian intelligence analyst at Al Udeid Air Base,” Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, Air Forces Central Command and Combined Forces Air Component commander, said in a statement.

“He was a dedicated professional who exemplified the American spirit and was a tremendously valuable member of our team — he will be dearly missed,” Guastella said.
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https://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/air-force-identifies-civilian-intelligence-analyst-who-died-in-noncombat-incident-in-qatar-1.599718

Air Force identifies civilian intelligence analyst who died in noncombat incident in Qatar

By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES
Published: September 20, 2019

A U.S. Air Force civilian who died this week in a noncombat incident at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar was identified Friday as 32-year-old intelligence analyst Jason P. Zaki.

Zaki died Wednesday while deployed to the base’s 609th Air Operations Center from the Pentagon to support operations in the Middle East, U.S. Air Forces Central Command said in a statement.

“I would like to express our heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends of our fallen teammate,” said Lt. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella, AFCENT and Combined Forces Air Component commander.

Zaki was a “noble American,” Guastella said.

“He was a dedicated professional who exemplified the American spirit and was a tremendously valuable member of our team,” he said. “He will be dearly missed.”

Zaki’s hometown was Atkinson, N.H., said Capt. Samantha Morrison, an AFCENT spokeswoman. His family had not yet cleared further information for release.

His is the second Air Force death at the Qatar air base this year. Air Force Staff Sgt. Albert J. Miller, 24, a C-17 Globemaster III crew chief from Richmond, N.H., died at the base in April while supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.

It’s also the second Defense Department civilian death reported in U.S. Central Command’s area of operations this year. A January bombing in the northern Syrian town of Manbij killed Defense Intelligence Agency civilian and former Navy SEAL Scott A. Wirtz, along with a civilian defense contractor named Ghadir Taher, Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan Farmer and Navy Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent.

Further details about Zaki’s death were not available as the incident was under investigation, AFCENT said.

garland.chad@stripes.com
Twitter: @chadgarland