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    Troops, civilians honor fallen soldier

    Troops, civilians honor fallen soldier

    FORWARD OPERATING BASE GAMBERI, AFGHANISTAN

    07.08.2013

    Photo by Sgt. Richard Jones 

    Combat Camera Afghanistan

    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)

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    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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