
PITTSBURGH — A Fort Bragg Army master sergeant was killed by gunfire while fighting in Afghanistan, the military said.
Arthur L. Lilley, 35, of Smithfield, Pa., was killed June 15 in Shkin, according to the Department of Defense.
Lilley had been assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, out of Fort Bragg, N.C.
His father, Arthur F. Lilley, said his son joined the military in 1990 and fought in Desert Storm. He was also in Iraq last year.
“He’s got about 25 combat badges,” his father said.
“He loved what he was doing. He enjoyed it. That was his life,” he said. “You always worry, but it’s what he wanted to...