Leroy E. Alexander
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Age: 27
From: Dale City, Va.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Leroy E. Alexander was killed June 3 when his convoy vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device at Forward Operating Base Orgun-E, Afghanistan. Also
Died: June 03, 2005
Soldiers killed in Afghanistan identified
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two soldiers killed in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan have been identified as residents of Virginia and New Jersey, the U.S. military said June 6.
Sgt. Leroy E. Alexander, 27, of Dale City, Va., and Capt. Charles D. Robinson, 29, of Haddon Heights, N.J., were killed near Urgun district in eastern Paktika province on June 3 when a bomb exploded near their vehicle, the military said in a statement.
Both were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, based at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Reggie Alexander told The Washington Post that his older brother, an Army Special Forces engineer, died doing what he loved.
“I guess I can be grateful for that,” Alexander said. “But so many people will miss him.”
Alexander had wanted to be in the military since he was a little boy, said his father, Ronald E. Alexander, a former...