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Two Soldiers Killed by IED in Afghanistan

By Beth Ford Roth / Home Post Blogger

Published April 25, 2012 at 8:03 AM PDT

This story was published more than 13 years ago.

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

They died April 22 in Paktia, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. The soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Killed were:

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1st Lt. Jonathan P. Walsh, 28, Cobb, Ga.

Pfc. Michael J. Metcalf, 22, Boynton Beach, Fla.

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Blogger Beth Ford Roth was born into a military family and has covered issues important to service members and their loved ones for many years. She has worked as a broadcast journalist in both commercial television and public radio.

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