FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) – Three U.S. troops killed Wednesday in a suicide attack in Afghanistan were identified Thursday as coming from units based at Fort Carson, military officials said Thursday.
The Defense Department identified them as Air Force Maj. Walter D. Gray, 38, of Conyers, Ga.; Army Maj. Thomas E. Kennedy, 35, of West Point, N.Y.; and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin, 45, of Laramie, Wyo.
Authorities had said earlier that the insurgents who detonated suicide vests Wednesday in Kunar province killed three coalition service members and a civilian.
Griffin joined the Army in 1988, Fort Carson officials said. He had deployed to Iraq three times since 2003 and also served in the Balkans and Kuwait. His deployment to Afghanistan had started March 13.
Kennedy joined the Army in 2000 and had deployed to Iraq twice. His deployment to Afghanistan had just begun July 18.
Gray was an air liaison officer and flight commander for the Fort Carson-based 13th Air Support Operations Squadron. He was commissioned in October 1997 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps after serving as an enlisted airman.