KABUL — Rescuers found the body of a second U.S. paratrooper missing after being swept away by a fast-moving current while on an airdrop resupply mission last month in western Afghanistan, NATO said Monday.
The body of Sgt. Brandon Islip, 24, was recovered Sunday from the Bala Murgahab River in Badghis province after a local Afghan citizen provided information on his whereabouts. British divers searching the river Nov. 10 found the body of 21-year-old Spec. Benjamin Sherman.
The two, from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, disappeared Nov. 4 in the Bala Barghab area of Badghis. Police said they were swept away by the river as they tried to recover airdropped supplies that had accidentally fallen into the water. The Associated Press
