US 兵士 killed in IED 爆発 in southern Afghanistan identified as a Green Beret who had served in Iraq
- Army Staff Sgt. Matthew V. Thompson, 28, was killed in Helmand, Afghanistan, on Tuesday
- Thompson lived in Irvine, California, with his wife
- This was Thompson's first （軍隊などの）展開，配備 to Afghanistan - he had 以前 served a 小旅行する of 義務 in Iraq
- IED 爆発 took place in Lashkar Gah, 負傷させるing another US 兵士 and six Afghan servicemen
Fallen hero:?The 米国防総省 identified the US 兵士 who was killed in Afghanistan by a 道端 爆弾 Tuesday as 28-year-old?Army Staff Sgt. Matthew V. Thompson
The 米国防総省 on Wednesday identified the US 兵士 who was killed in Afghanistan by a 道端 爆弾 the day before.?
The 長，率いる of US Central 命令（する）, Gen. Joseph Votel, 問題／発行するd a 声明 identifying the 兵士 as Army Staff Sgt. Matthew V. Thompson.?
The 弁護 Department said Thompson was a 28-year-old Green Beret from Irvine, California.
Thompson was killed by an improvised 爆発性の 装置 during an 操作／手術 in the southern 州 of Helmand. Another 兵士 was 負傷させるd in the attack, the US 軍の said.
によれば a 圧力（をかける） 解放（する） put out by the 米国防総省, Thompson was 割り当てるd to Company A, 3rd 大隊, 1st Special 軍隊s Group. This was his first （軍隊などの）展開，配備 to Afghanistan. He had 以前 served a 小旅行する of 義務 in Iraq.
‘He was an exceptional Green Beret, a 心にいだくd チーム仲間, and 充てるd husband. His service in Afghanistan and Iraq speak to his level of dedication, c ourage, and かかわり合い to something greater than himself,’ said Lt. Col. Kevin Trujillo, 指揮官 of Special 操作／手術s 仕事 軍隊 in Afghanistan.?
Thompson enlisted in the Army in March 2011 and 報告（する）／憶測d to 1st Special 軍隊s Group as a 医療の sergeant.?
Over the course of his 軍の career, he received 多重の awards and decorations, 含むing the Bronze 星／主役にする メダル, Army Commendation メダル and 国家の 弁護 Service メダル.
The deadly IED 爆発 that took Thompson's life occurred in Helmand 州, pictured here in 2009
He was was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze 星／主役にする with V for valor.?
The 軍の's public 事件／事情／状勢s office in Kabul has 以前 said the IED 爆発 took place in Lashkar Gah, the 地方の 資本／首都, and that six Afghan 兵士s were 負傷させるd.
'We are 深く，強烈に saddened by this loss, but remain committed to helping our Afghan partners 供給する a brighter 未来 for themselves and their children,' Gen. John W. Nicholson, 指揮官 of US and 北大西洋条約機構 軍隊s in Afghanistan, was 引用するd as 説.
The 爆破 （機の）カム a day after 公式の／役人s said 100 US 軍隊／機動隊s had been sent to Lashkar Gah to help defend the city, which appears to be at 増加するing 危険 of 落ちるing to the Taliban.
Afghan 公式の／役人s say the 謀反のs 効果的に 支配（する）／統制する around 80 per cent of the 州.
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Second death:?In January, a US 兵士 was killed by small 武器 解雇する／砲火／射撃 近づく the Marjah 地区, also in Helmand, pictured above in 2013?
The 軍の said Thompson was killed while '行為／行うing train, advise, 補助装置 activities with Afghan 相当するものs under 北大西洋条約機構 当局.'
It 示すd the second time this year that an American 兵士 was killed in 敵意を持った circumstances in Afghanistan.?
In January, a US 兵士 was killed by small 武器 解雇する／砲火／射撃 近づく the Marjah 地区, also in Helmand. The US and 北大西洋条約機構 正式に ended their 戦闘 役割 in Afghanistan at the end of 2014, 転換ing to a training, （a）忠告の／（n）警報 and counterterrorism 使節団.
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