Two Local Soldiers Dead
Illinois National Guardsman killed during second tour of duty; Indiana soldier likely committed suicide
Joshua Melton was serving his second deployment when he was killed.
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A Germantown soldier, father and husband was killed in action Friday in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt. Joshua Melton, 26, with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry based in Marion, and Sgt. Paul Smith, 43, with Troop C, 2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry based in Aurora, was in Afghanistan on his second deployment.
A resident of Germantown, Melton graduated from Central Community High School in 2001. He enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard in November 2000.
Milton was first deployed December 2004 to March 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to the Department of Military Affairs.
He is survived by his wife and one-year-old daughter.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC Chicago
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