U.S. Department of Defense today released the names of six American soldiers who died in the IED attack in Eastern Afghanistan on July 8.
They died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit in Maidan Shahr, Wardak province, Afghanistan, with IED.
They were assigned to the 978th Military Police Company, 93rd Military Police Battalion, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Killed were:
••• Staff Sgt. Ricardo Seija, 31, of Tampa, Fla.,
••• Spc. Erica P. Alecksen, 21, of Eatonton, Ga.,
••• Spc. Clarence Williams III, 23, of Brooksville, Fla.,
••• Pfc. Trevor B. Adkins, 21, of Spring Lake, N.C.,
••• Pfc. Alejandro J. Pardo, 21, of Porterville, Calif., and
••• Pfc. Cameron J. Stambaugh, 20, of Spring Grove, Pa.
