Remains of 3 Marines Killed in Afghanistan Returned to US

Remains of 3 Marines Killed in Afghanistan Returned to US
A U.S. Marine Corps carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on April 11, 2019. Patrick Semansky via AP
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DOVER, Delaware—The remains of three Marines killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan have been returned to the U.S., arriving Thursday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

Staff Sgt. Christopher K.A. Slutman, 43, of Newark, Delaware; Sgt. Benjamin S. Hines, 31, of York, Pennsylvania, and Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, 25, of Locust Valley, New York, were killed on Monday when a bomb struck their vehicle near Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, the Pentagon said.