KABUL (Pajhwok): A US service member died as a result of wounds suffered the detonation of an improvised explosive device in eastern Nangarhar province.
In a statement, the Department of Defense identified the victim as Army Staff Sgt. Aaron Rhett Butler, 27, of Monticello, Utah. He died on August 16 in Achin District.
SSG Butler was a special forces engineer assigned to the 19th Special Forces Group of the Utah Army National Guard, based in Salt Lake City, the DoD said.
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