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Soldiers Killed In Insider Attack Identified (Video)

The Department of Defense has identified the two U.S. soldiers killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan on Feb. 12 as Spc. John A. Pelham, 22, of Portland, Ore., and Sgt. First Class Roberto C. Skelt, 41, of York, Fla.

As Home Post reported last Wednesday, two men wearing Afghan Security Force uniforms shot and killed Pelham and Skelt in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan.

Pelham and Skelt were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.

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