Army IDs soldier swept away in Afghan river

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Army IDs soldier swept away in Afghan river
Staff report
Posted : Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 13:25:11 EST

The soldier who remains unaccounted for after being swept away by a river in Afghanistan on Nov. 4, was identified Wednesday by the Defense Department as Sgt. Brandon T. Islip, 23, of Richmond, Va.

He and a fellow soldier, Spc. Benjamin Sherman, 21, of Plymouth, Mass., were on a resupply mission Nov. 4, in Bala Murghab when they were swept away by the river as they tried to recover airdropped supplies that had accidentally fallen into the water.

Military divers found Sherman’s body a week after the two disappeared.

The Army declared Islip as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown, or DUSTWUN.

Both soldiers were assigned to 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.


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