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U.S. Defense Department Identifies Air Force Casualties

By Alltimepost.com

United States Department of Defense announced on Tuesday, the deaths of six airmen who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan.

According to officials, they died December 21, 2015 of wounds suffered when their patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.

Those killed were: Maj. Adrianna M. Vorderbruggen, 36, of Plymouth, Minnesota who was assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 9th Field Investigations Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Staff Sgt. Michael A. Cinco, 28, of Mercedes, Texas who served under the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 11th Field Investigations Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.

Others included, Staff Sgt. Peter W. Taub, 30, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who was assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 816, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota; Staff Sgt.
Chester J. McBride, 30, of Statesboro, Georgia, assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 405, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; Technical Sgt. Joseph G. Lemm, 45, of Bronx, New York, assigned to the 105th Security Forces Squadron at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York and Staff Sgt. Louis M. Bonacasa, 31, of Coram, New York who served under the 105th Security Forces Squadron at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York.