Two Fort Bragg Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
POSTED: 3:55 pm EDT June 5, 2005
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- An attack in Afghanistan killed two Special Forces soldiers from Fort Bragg.
Staff Sgt. Leroy Alexander and Captain Charles Robinson died Friday after a bomb exploded near their vehicle.
Both were assigned to the Seventh Special Forces Group.
Alexander, 27, was from Virginia, and Robinson, 29, was from New Jersey.
Both are survived by a wife.
DES MOINES, Iowa About 700 Iowa Army National Guard soldiers are coming home and celebrations are being planned in a dozen towns.
National Guard spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Hapgood says ceremonies will be held tomorrow (Monday) at Camp Dodge in Des Moines, in Fort Dodge, Carroll, North Liberty, Davenport and Cedar Rapids. Ceremonies are also planned in Cedar Falls, Denison, Corning and Sioux City tomorrow.
The ceremonies begin tomorrow morning at 7:15 at Camp Dodge and will be held at varous times throughout the day, with the final one scheduled for 7:45 tomorrow night in Sioux City.
On Tuesday, soldiers returning home to Shenandoah will be honored at 11:30 a-m and Council Bluffs will hold a ceremony at noon.
Hapgood says the soldiers will be released to their families after the events.
The soldiers left home in February of 2004 for Fort Hood, Texas. They have been in Afghanistan for the past 13 months.