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Young dad-to-be was among 13 US troops killed in Afghanistan

by Janie HarAmy Beth Hanson
| August 29, 2021 12:09 AM

A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriff’s deputy when his deployment ended. Heartwrenching details began emerging Friday about some of the 13 U.S. troops killed in a horrific suicide bombing at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport, which also claimed the lives of more than 160 Afghans.

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