Bomb kills four Fort Carson engineers in Afghanistan

Four Fort Carson combat engineers clearing roadside bombs died Thursday when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device outside Kandahar, Afghanistan, where U.S. troops have been battling Taliban fighters, the Pentagon said Monday. (The Gazette)

Killed in the attack were Sgt. Glen Stivison Jr., 34, of Blairsville, Pa.; Spc. Jesus O. Flores, Jr., 28, of La Mirada, Calif.; Spc. Daniel C. Lawson, 33, of Deerfield Beach, Fla.; and Pfc. Brandon M. Styer, 19, of Lancaster, Pa. The four were serving with the 4th Engineer Battalion.

The four deaths add to what has already been one of the worst months for Fort Carson since the United States helped rout the Taliban in Afghanistan and invaded Iraq after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001.

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