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Two Georgia Guardsmen killed in Aghanistan
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ATLANTA - The Department of Defense says two members of the Georgia National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade have been killed in action in Afghanistan.

The Pentagon says they were killed on Monday.

They are identified as Sgt. Brock Henry Chavers Sr., 25, of Statesboro, who was assigned to Americus' Company D, 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry, and Spc. Isaac Lee Johnson Jr., 24, of Columbus, assigned to Rome's Troop A, 1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron.

Defense officials say they died July 6 of wounds from an improvised bomb near Kunduz.


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