FORT BRAGG, N.C.,None — Two Fort Bragg soldiers, Staff Sgt. Jordan Bear and Spc. Payton Jones died in Afghanistan last week after Afghan soldiers fired at them from a guard tower on their post.
The department of defense says Bear, 25, of Colorado, and Jones, 19, of Texas, were both killed in the attack.
Officials said Bear was trying to help another soldier who had been hurt when he was hit.