3 Army Combat Engineers Who Died in Afghanistan This Week Had Served at Fort Leonard Wood

The U-S Army has identified all three of the Alaska based soldiers who were killed earlier this week in Afghanistan. They confirmed that 29 year old Bradley Melton from Rolla died in the I-E-D attack on a patrol in Zabul Province. 21 year old Cheizray Pressley from North Charleston, South Carolina and 26 year old Lamarol Tucker were with Melton in the 73rd Engineer Company. The Army said all three soldiers previously served at Fort Leonard Wood, together, before being stationed in Alaska and then deploying to Afghanistan in the last month.