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FORT CARSON — A Fort Carson soldier died in Afghanistan after his unit was ambushed, the Army announced Friday.
First Lt. Tyler E. Parten, a native of Arkansas, died Thursday in Konar province in a firefight where insurgents used rocket- propelled grenades and rifles. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
Parten, who was awarded the Army’s Combat Action Badge, is the second soldier from the brigade killed in the past week and the 11th soldier from the brigade to die since the unit arrived in Afghanistan.
Fort Carson has lost 267 men and women in fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Gazette
