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CBS NewsSgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Bryan Domeij was one of three soldiers killed by an IED over the weekend in Afghanistan. The 29-year-old Army Ranger was in the middle of his 14th deployment to the war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Domeij was remembered by friends and comrades as a consummate warrior and true professional. Domeij "had the value of an entire strike force on the battlefield," said Col. Mark W. Odom, commander of Domeij's 75th Ranger Regiment, in a press release.
The dedicated soldier had been a part of the invasion of Iraq, and had seen the dramatic growth, decline and in-betweens of the conflicts there and in Afghanistan in the course of hundreds of combat missions. He was even a member of the team that helped rescue Pvt. Jessica Lynch from insurgents in Iraq in 2003, according to ABC News.
The San Diego native is survived by a wife and two daughters.
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ALLIANCE, Ohio -- U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ashley White died in Afghanistan last week working on a mission that she believed in, her friends say.
White, 24, a native of Alliance, was killed Saturday near Kandahar Province when the assault force she was with triggered an improvised explosive device, the Army said in a statement. Two other soldiers, Kristoffer Domeij, 29, and Christopher Horns, 20, also were killed.
"She believed in what she was doing, and she wanted to take part in something that was bigger than herself," said Laura Dodson, who served with White in the North Carolina National Guard. "I got an email from her, and she said she was enjoying the mission, and she missed her family. She was looking forward to coming home."
As of Monday, 6,230 U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. Of that number, 135 were women, the Washington Post reported.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/10/alliance_native_killed_in_afgh.htmlA Colorado Springs Army Ranger killed over the weekend was remembered Monday as an avid outdoorsman who followed his father’s footsteps to the Army and, ultimately, into Afghanistan.
“He was just a good, honest kid,” said Martha Horns, the soldier’s aunt. “It’s hard for us to understand this whole thing.”
Pfc. Christopher Horns, 20, died Saturday when insurgents attacked his unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan, with an improvised bomb, according to the Department of Defense.
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