The Air Force has identified the six airmen who were killed Monday by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. The attack was the largest single-day loss of life for U.S. troops in 18 months.
The casualties include one officer and five enlisted. They range in ages from 45 to 28. Four were assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, and the other two were assigned to the 105th Security Forces Squadron.
Killed were:
- Maj. Adrianna M. Vorderbruggen, 36, of Plymouth, Minn.
- Staff Sgt. Michael A. Cinco, 28, of Mercedes, Texas.
- Staff Sgt. Peter W. Taub, 30, of Philadelphia.
- Staff Sgt. Chester J. McBride, 30, of Statesboro, Ga.
- Tech. Sgt. Joseph G. Lemm, 45, of Bronx, N.Y.
- Staff Sgt. Louis M. Bonacasa, 31, of Coram, N.Y.
