Paratroopers of the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, jump from a C-17 Galaxy aircraft May 5 over Holland Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, N.C. The Paratroopers will be part of the first active duty brigade combat team to fully partner with Afghan Nation Security Forces as combat advisors when they deploy to Afghanistan later this summer. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephen Decatur) http://www.army.mil (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Spc. Benjamin H. Neal, 21, of Orfordville, Wis., died April 25 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
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