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DOD Releases IDs of Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

The Department of Defense has released the names of the four Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson soldiers kill by a roadside bomb Saturday in Afghanistan. Sergeant Joshua David Powell was a 28 year old from Texas. He joined the army in 2004.  Corporal Christopher Roger Bell was a 21 year old from Mississippi.  Specialist Devin Arielle Snyder was a 20 year old from New York. And Private First Class Robert Lee Voakes, Jr. was 21 years old and from Michigan.

Officials say the four military policemen were killed while on mounted patrol in Laghman Province.

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