The Pentagon has identified the 22-year-old Army specialist killed in Afghanistan this week as Spc. Gabriel D. Conde from Loveland, Colo.
Conde, who was serving in Afghanistan to support Operation Freedom's Sentinel, was killed Monday in Tagab District, Afghanistan due to enemy small arms fire. According to the Pentagon, the firefight is being investigated.
Conde was stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska and was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.
The Pentagon revealed in November that there are more than 15,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
One other U.S. service member has been killed in action in Afghanistan this year, the first being Army Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin, who was killed during an exchange with ISIS fighters in January.
