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Posted: April 24, 2012

Two from Fort Bragg killed in Afghanistan

Two soldiers assigned to Fort Bragg's 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division were killed Sunday when their unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device, according to the Department of Defense.

Pfc. Michael J. Metcalf, 22, Boynton Beach, Fla., and 1st Lt. Jonathan P. Walsh, 28, Cobb, Ga., died in the attack in Paktia, Afghanistan.

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so sorry for the families to learn of their heart ache

sunshine1040
April 24, 2012 7:34 p.m.

PRAYERS GOES TO THE FAMILIES OF THESE BRAVE YOUNG MEN. BUT GOD HAVE MERCY ON THE NEWS PEOPLE, THEY WOULD RATHER TALKED ABOUT JOHN EDWARD'S AND THE SO CALL AS THEY SAY THE V I P.

cjimmyray414
April 24, 2012 6:55 p.m.

Two more. We should have left the 'graveyard of empires' years ago.

aspenstreet1717
April 24, 2012 3:31 p.m.

GODSPEED!!! TO OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES