Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Ward, of Oak Ridge, TN, Spc. Wilbel A. Robles-Santa of Juncos, Puerto Rico, Spc. Deflin M. Santos, Jr. of San Jose, CA died April 6 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit in Zabul, Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. The attacked also killed Foreign Service official Anne Smedinghoff.<br />Hyun K. Shin, of Hesperia, CA who worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a civilian employee with the Department of Defense, was also killed in Afghanistan on April 6, according to an Air Force news release.

Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Ward, of Oak Ridge, TN, Spc. Wilbel A. Robles-Santa of Juncos, Puerto Rico, Spc. Deflin M. Santos, Jr. of San Jose, CA died April 6 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit in Zabul, Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. The attacked also killed Foreign Service official Anne Smedinghoff.
Hyun K. Shin, of Hesperia, CA who worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a civilian employee with the Department of Defense, was also killed in Afghanistan on April 6, according to an Air Force news release.