A US service member who died Thursday in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, has been identified as Sgt. 1st Class Dustin Ard, the Defense Department says
Washington Sgt. 1st Class Dustin Ard died from wounds sustained during combat operations in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, on Thursday, the Department of Defense said Saturday.
Ard, 31, was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, the DOD said in a statement. He was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and enlisted in Hyde Park, Utah. "We received news that we lost our son Dustin in Afghanistan," said his father, Bruce Ard, according to a Facebook post Friday by Idaho State Rep. Rod Furniss."My heart has a hole so big I can hardly stand it. He was the finest young man I have ever known.
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