A U.S. Army soldier, assigned to 82nd Field Artillery

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A U.S. Army soldier, assigned to 82nd Field Artillery

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A U.S. Army soldier, assigned to 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, based out of Fort Hood, Texas, speaks to the service members and civilian contractors 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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08/07/2013
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