Marine with Alpha Company in Afghanistan/ Credit dvidshub/ Flickr Creative Commons
Marine with Alpha Company in Afghanistan/ Credit dvidshub/ Flickr Creative Commons
Updated: Monday, 19 Oct 2009, 8:13 AM CDT
Published : Monday, 19 Oct 2009, 8:13 AM CDT
Soldiers with Austin ties have been killed in Afghanistan.
The military says two Texas National Guardsmen died in a bomb attack Friday, Oct. 16.
They've been identified as Staff Sargent Chris Staats of Fredericksburg and Specialist Anthony Green of North Carolina.
Both were deployed from Camp Mabry a year ago.
A base spokesperson said Staats and Green were set to return home in about a month.
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