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Pentagon ID’s special ops troops killed in Afghanistan

By Travis J. Tritten
Published November 28, 2018 9:57pm ET
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Pentagon ID’s special ops troops killed in Afghanistan
In this Nov. 26, 2018, photo, a U.S. Army team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Leandro A. Jasso, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. | (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Pentagon on Wednesday released the names of the three U.S. special operations troops killed this week by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

The Taliban attack in eastern Ghazni province killed Army Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, 29; Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, 39; and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, 25, according to the statement. The two soldiers were with the 3rd Special Forces Group out of Fort Bragg in North Carolina and the airman was part of the 26th Special Tactics Squadron out of Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico.

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