Monday, August 13, 2018

US Soldier Dies in Afghanistan Roadside Blast; Fifth US Soldier Killed in Afghanistan This Year

The Pentagon announced today (August 13, 2018) that a U.S. Army soldier has died from wounds sustained when a roadside bomb detonated near him while he was on patrol in southern Afghanistan, according to the ABC News website.

Staff Sgt. Raymond Rarogal Transfiguracion is the fifth American military service member to be killed in Afghanistan this year.

Transfiguracion, 36, of Walkoloa, Hawaii, sustained his injuries on August 7 while on combat patrol in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.

The Green Beret joined the Army on 2008 and had previously deployed to Iraq and the Philippines.

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