Bad News from Afghanistan

[nystate]

Makes it 30 Fort Drum soldiers since March 11 of last year... There are 19 guys from our church deployed. I hope they all make it home safely.

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Two soldiers from Fort Drum killed in Afghanistan

March 20, 2004, 9:51 AM EST

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) _ Two soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum in northern New York were killed Thursday in Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department.

Staff Sgt. Anthony S. Lagman, 26, of Yonkers, and Sgt. Michael J. Esposito, Jr., 22, of Brentwood on Long Island died in Dehrawood, when their team came under small arms fire while clearing a village, the Pentagon said.

They were assigned to the second Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment.

[Stephanie]

I'm sorry to read that nystate!

[Colin]

Sad stuff. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims!

[Miss Mary]

NyState - very sad news. So sorry to learn of this tragedy. My nephew was in Iraq for a year but is back on base in KY. We all worried sick over him and all our brave soldiers then. Still do in fact. Wish they could all come home but there's a job to do.

Prayers going out to the families.

Mary