US Soldier Killed Suspected Insider Attack in Afghanistan Identified

File photo: U.S. and Afghan Army soldiers in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 15, 2010. John Moore/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—A U.S. soldier killed in eastern Afghanistan in an apparent insider attack has been identified as Army Command Sergeant Major Timothy Bolyard, the Pentagon said on Sept. 4.

Bolyard, 42, of Thornton, West Virginia, died on Sept. 3 of wounds sustained from small arms fire in Logar province, the Pentagon said in a statement.