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2 NC-based soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Submitted by WWAY on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 1:25pm.READ MORE:

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Two more soldiers based at Fort Bragg have been killed in Afghanistan.

The Pentagon said 27-year-old Spc. Josiah D. Crumpler of Hillsborough and 24-year-old Spc. Matthew D. Huston of Athens, Ga., were killed Monday.

Officials say their unit was attacked by insurgents using guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

Both men were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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