Three Illinois Guardsmen killed in Afghanistan
Thursday, Mar 19, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller
* I’ve neglected to do anything regarding this terribly tragic news, so here it is now…
Three Illinois Army National Guard soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the Department of Military Affairs has confirmed.
Sgt. Christopher Abeyta, 23; Spc. Robert Weinger, 24 and Spc. Norman Cain III, 22, were all assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry based in Woodstock. An active-duty Airman from Tucson, Ariz., was also killed in the incident
Specialist Cain died at the scene of the incident in Kot; Abeyta and Weinger were transported to Jalalabad, Afghanistan, where they later died.
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