Staff report
Posted : Thursday Sep 10, 2009 20:29:58 EDT
Three Marines and a corpsman were killed early Tuesday during an hours-long shootout in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. military officials said.
Killed in the attack were
Gunnery Sgt. Edwin W. Johnson Jr., 31;
1st Lt. Michael E. Johnson, 25;
Staff Sgt. Aaron M. Kenefick, 30; and
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class James Ray Layton, 22,
according to the Pentagon. Johnson and Kenefick were assigned to 3rd Combat Assault Battalion, based at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. Johnson was assigned to 7th Communications Battalion, based at Camp Hansen, Okinawa. Layton deployed with the Marines as part of the Okinawa-based 3rd Marine Division.
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