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CO soldier killed in Kandahar

by Rachel Welte

Posted: 03.03.2012 at 6:05 PM

Rachel Welte

Rachel Welte is the Weekend News Anchor and a General Assignment Reporter.

Staff Sgt. Jordan Bear, 25, was from Denver, CO. / Courtesy: KDVR

DENVER -- A soldier from Colorado is one of the latest U.S. casualties in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense said 25-year-old Staff Sgt. Jordan Bear of Denver, and 19-year-old Pfc. Payton Jones of Texas, died Thursday in Kandahar Province.

Officials said the men were killed on a joint U.S.-Afghan base by two Afghan soldiers and an Afghan civilian literacy instructor who fired from a tower.

Bear's commander said he was a "phenomenal leader who was beloved by the men he led."

The soldiers were stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C.

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