Family, friends and fellow Soldiers of three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen killed in Afghanistan in 2011 gathered at Fort Indiantown Gap to dedicate a memorial in their honor July 18. The dedication took place exactly ten years after the convoy carrying Staff Sgt. Kenneth VanGiesen, Staff Sgt. Brian Mowery, and Sgt. Edward Koehler III, all with the 131st Transportation Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania National Guard, was attacked with an improvised explosive device, killing all three and injuring two others. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)
210718-Z-PU354-0047.JPG Photo By: Staff Sgt. Zane Craig

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Family, friends and fellow Soldiers of three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen killed in Afghanistan in 2011 gathered at Fort Indiantown Gap to dedicate a memorial in their honor July 18. The dedication took place exactly ten years after the convoy carrying Staff Sgt. Kenneth VanGiesen, Staff Sgt. Brian Mowery, and Sgt. Edward Koehler III, all with the 131st Transportation Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania National Guard, was attacked with an improvised explosive device, killing all three and injuring two others. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)


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