
CHICAGO— A 21-year-old Libertyville man was killed this week in the eastern Afghanistan province of Paktika during a fight with Taliban and al-Qaida insurgents, according to a published report.
Army Pfc. Wesley Wells was killed Sept. 20, his family is quoted as saying in the Chicago Tribune in the Sept. 22 edition.
Wells had been in Afghanistan since spring, and told family members in a recent e-mail that he expected to be on a mission for several weeks.
“He said, ‘I can’t tell you much, but all I can tell you is to pray for me,”’ said Philip Whiting, an uncle.
Army officials on Sept. 20 told Wells’ mother,...