Military

This Week's U.S. War Casualties

The deaths of nine U.S. service members in Afghanistan were announced this past week by the Department of Defense. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew S. Sitton, 26, of Largo, Fla., was killed Aug. 2 in Kandahar province. Sitton, who was married and had a nine-month-old son Brodey, was on foot patrol when he stepped on an improvised explosive device, the Tampa Tribune reported. The TV station WFLA filmed the arrival of his body at McDill Air Force Base, where his casket was met by his wife Sarah and ... (read more)