IED attacks in Afghanistan claim lives of four Alaska-based soldiers

IED attacks in Afghanistan claim lives of four Alaska-based soldiers
By MATT MILLHAM
Stars and Stripes
Published: November 19, 2011
FORWARD OPERATING BASE LINDSEY, Afghanistan — Improvised bombs this week killed four soldiers from Fort Wainwright, Alaska’s 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, in three separate attacks in an area of Kandahar province known as the birthplace of the Taliban.

Spc. Calvin M. Pereda, 21, of Fayetteville, N.C., died Nov. 12 of injuries from a bomb strike during a foot patrol. Sgt. 1st Class Johnathan B. McCain, 38, of Apache Junction, Ariz., died the following day after an improvised explosive device detonated under his armored vehicle, according to Defense Department press releases.

On Wednesday, a powerful explosion killed Spc. James R. Burnett Jr., 21, of Wichita, Kan., and Pfc. Matthew C. Colin, 22, of Navarre, Fla.
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