A Queens National Guardsman who always wanted to be a soldier has died in Afghanistan.
Spc. Jason von Zerneck, 33, who was helping train the Afghan army, died on Oct. 2 in Qara Bagh Karze when his convoy vehicle rolled over.
“He was a caring father and a wonderful son, who loved his three children, and his wife,” said von Zerneck’s tearful father, Richard.
“We’re all just heartbroken.”
Von Zerneck grew up in Manhattan and attended the Bronx HS of Science and City College.
He started an Internet business and worked for a bank in North Carolina before returning to New York.
“His intent was to go to New York and enlist in the National Guard,” his father said, adding that von Zerneck was “filling the need he had all his life to be a soldier.”
At a farewell ceremony for his regiment in January, von Zerneck told The Post, “I’ve been waiting for this a long time. “