PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Military officials have identified a pair of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
The Department of Defense says Pfc. Tyler Springman of Hartland, Maine and Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Elwell, of Holland, Pa. were killed Saturday by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province.
The men were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division based at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Seven other soldiers were wounded.
The unit began its one-year deployment to Afghanistan in May.
The Bucks County Courier Times reports Elwell had also been deployed to Iraq twice and Bosnia once. He joined the Army in 1997.
Information from: Bucks County Courier Times, http://www.phillyburbs.com
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- An undated photo released by the U.S. Army shows Pfc. Tyler M. Springman who was killed in Afghanistan. Springman was killed during an attack by insurgents using an improvised explosive device on Sunday July 17, 2011.
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