Bradley R. Smith
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Age: 24
From: Troy, IL
Assigned to the 10th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Air Force Senior Airman Bradley R. Smith died Jan. 3 near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained while supporting combat operations.
Died: January 03, 2010
Airman was based at Army post
The Associated Press
TROY, Ill. — The Defense Department says an airman from southwestern Illinois was killed by a bomb blast in Afghanistan.
Senior Airman Bradley Smith, 24, of Troy died Jan. 3 near Kandahar Airfield. He was assigned to the 10th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Riley, Kan.
Jim Wiens, Smith’s pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Troy, says Smith followed in his brother’s footsteps when he joined the Air Force in November 2006.
Wiens says Smith’s wife had a daughter in October.
The pastor says Smith’s parents arrived Jan. 4 at Dover Air Force Base, Del., to receive their son’s remains.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
Services scheduled for fallen airman
The Associated Press
TROY, Ill. — Services will be held in the coming days for an airman from southwestern Illinois who was killed by a bomb earlier this month in...