The Department of Defense says Pfc. Brandon Mullins, 21, was killed by an improvised explosive device Aug. 25 in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. Three other soldiers of his Fort Wainwright-based Stryker brigade were injured in the blast. (Courtesy DOD) |
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska—
A Kentucky member of an Alaska-based brigade has been killed in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device that also injured three fellow soldiers.The Department of Defense says 21-year-old Pfc. Brandon Mullins of Owensboro, Ky., was killed in Kandahar Province on Aug. 25 by a roadside bomb while on mounted patrol.
Mullins joined the U.S. Army in February 2010 and completed training at Fort Benning, Ga.
He was a member of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division based at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks.
His brigade deployed to Afghanistan in April.
Mullins’ next of kin have been notified. A memorial service is being planned for him at Fort Wainwright.
