What to Know
- Sgt. Jason Mitchell McClary died Sunday at the military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany.
- He is the second soldier from Pennsylvania killed in the explosion last Tuesday near Ghazni province.
- It was the deadliest attack against U.S. forces in Afghanistan this year.
The Pentagon says that a fourth soldier has died from wounds suffered last week in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan.
Sgt. Jason Mitchell McClary died Sunday at the military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. He was 24 years old and from Export, Pennsylvania.
He is the second soldier from Pennsylvania killed in the explosion last Tuesday near Ghazni province. The other soldiers killed were Army Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, of Lexington, Virginia; Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, of Brush Prairie, Washington; and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, of Hookstown, Pennsylvania.
Two others were wounded.
It was the deadliest attack against U.S. forces in Afghanistan this year. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
McClary was assigned to 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Carson, Colorado.
