U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kaily Brown, assigned to the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), 21st Signal Brigade, based out of Fort Meade, Md., takes a breath during her speech to civilian contractors and service members during a memorial ceremony for Spc. Hilda Clayton at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan, July 8, 2013. Spc. Clayton died while taking photographs of Afghan National Army soldiers as they conducted a live-fire training exercise July 2, 2013. A mortar weapon system failed resulting in a catastrophic explosion, during the incident four ANA soldiers taking part in the training died. Clayton, of Augusta, Ga., was forward-deployed in Afghanistan as the combat camera asset covering the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, "Task Force Long Knife," at the time of her death. Clayton served as a combat documentation/production specialist assigned to the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), 21st Signal Brigade, based out of Fort Meade, Md. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard W. Jones Jr./Released)
Date Taken: | 07.08.2013 |
Date Posted: | 07.17.2013 18:58 |
Photo ID: | 973692 |
VIRIN: | 130708-A-QU939-093 |
Resolution: | 1468x2208 |
Size: | 3.15 MB |
Location: | FORWARD OPERATING BASE GAMBERI, AF |
Hometown: | AUGUSTA, GA, US |
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