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Posted: Wednesday, 08 July 2009 9:16PM
3 Ill. soldiers killed in Afghanistan
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Three members of the Illinois Army National Guard died this week in northern Afghanistan, two in a roadside bomb attack on Monday, and the third in a similar Tuesday attack.
All were members of the guard's 33rd Infantry Brigade, a group of about 3,000 soldiers that has now suffered 17 deaths during a yearlong deployment scheduled to end early this fall.
Forty-one-year-old 1st Lt. Derwin Williams of Glenwood and 35-year-old Spc. Chester Hosford of Ottawa were killed Monday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Konduz, according to the guard.
On Tuesday, 24-year-old Spec. Christopher Talbert of Galesburg died in an attack near Shinbad. Thirty-two members of the Illinois guard have been killed since the U.S. went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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