Midlands Guardsmen Among Those Injured in Blast
Adjutant Gen. Robert Livingston Jr. said the five soldiers injured in Wednesday's suicide bombing in Afghanistan were in serious but stable condition Friday.
The five soldiers injured in Wednesday's suicide bombing in Afghanistan are in serious but stable condition Friday, according to the South Carolina National Guard's top officer. At a press conference in Columbia, Adjutant Gen. Robert Livingston Jr. reported to multiple media outlets that the five soldiers — two from the Midlands, two from the Lowcountry and one from the Upstate — had shrapnel wounds, broken bones and that several amputations have been performed. Livingston did not name the individuals involved the incident. Spc. John David Meador II, 36, of Lexington, 1st Lt. Ryan Davis Rawl, 30, also of Lexington and Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Bradford Thomas, 30, of Easley, were killed in Khost City, Khost Province, Afghanistan, when their …
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