
A noncommissioned officer who once served as a presidential guard was killed Saturday in Afghanistan’s Farah province, according to reports.
Sgt. Daniel Hansen, 24, of Tracy, Calif., was killed in a roadside bomb blast, his twin brother Matthew, a fellow Marine, told their hometown newspaper, the Tracy Press. Hansen was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Wing Support Group 17, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, according to the Defense Department.
Hansen, who was engaged to be married, was tasked with defusing bombs, his brother said. Matthew Hansen, stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., also told the newspaper that his brother was...