The Pentagon confirmed that two soldiers killed Saturday in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb were from Illinois and Virginia.
The two soldiers, identified as Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, 29, of Newport News, Virginia; and Pfc. Miguel A. Villalon, 21, of Joliet, Illinois, was named in a Department of Defense statement on Sunday. Both soldiers were assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, according to the statement.
