Rhode Island soldier dies in Afghanistan
Sgt. Peter McKenna killed in attack on a NATO facility
WCVB ABC Boston
August 9, 2015
BRISTOL, R.I. —An Army Green Beret from Rhode Island has been killed in Afghanistan just a month after he was honored at the Fourth of July parade in his hometown of Bristol.
The 7th Special Forces Group to which he was assigned said Sunday that 35-year-old Master Sgt. Peter Andrew McKenna Jr. died Friday in Kabul during an attack on a NATO facility.
McKenna, a 17-year Army veteran, was serving at the rank of 1st Sergeant during his deployment. The Pentagon said he was struck by enemy small arms fire.
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