Two More Ft. Wainwright Soldiers Killed

Two more Fort Wainwright-based Stryker Brigade soldiers were killed in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan this week.

Specialist James R. Burnett, 21, of Wichita, Kansas, and PFC Matthew C. Colin, 22, of Navarre, Florida, were killed when their unit was hit by an improvised explosive device on Wednesday.

Three others were wounded.

Last weekend, two other Stryker soldiers died in a similar way in the same province.

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