Two Soldiers From Minnesota Die in Afghanistan

Minneapolis (AP) The Defense Department has announced the death of two soldiers from Minnnesota.

The Pentagon says 24-year old Spc. George W. Cauley of Walker, Minnesota died Saturday in Bagram, Afghanistan. He was wounded when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device last Wednesday in Helman Provice.

Cauley was assigned to the 114th Truck Company of the Minnesota Army National Guard in Duluth.

And, the father of Marine Staff Sgt. Aaron J. Taylor says he was kiled Friday when he was hit by an improvised explosive device while on foot patrol in Helman Province. Taylor grew up in Bovey and graduated from Greenway High School in Coleraine in 2000.