Two US servicemen, killed in Afghanistan, returned to US
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(30 Nov 2018) The remains of two U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan were returned to the U.S. early on Friday morning. The coffins of Army Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, age 29, of Lexington, Virginia and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, age 25, of Hookstown, Pennsylvania arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. The Pentagon says Ross, Elchin and Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, age 39, of Brush Prairie, Washington were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. The attack happened in Ghazni province, an area where the Taliban is resurgent. It was the deadliest attack against U.S. forces in Afghanistan this year. Ross and Emond were assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Elchin was assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, based at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attended the ceremony. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/49fdffd24df21f59b13fe1ce5bf97a21
