Corporal Joseph Maciel killed in green-on-blue attack

The Department of Defense announced that Corporal Joseph Maciel was killed Saturday while involved in operations supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel;

Cpl. Joseph Maciel of South Gate, California, died July 7, 2018, in Tarin Kowt District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan from wounds sustained during an apparent insider attack. The incident is under investigation.

Maciel was assigned to 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia. Task Force 1-28 Infantry is currently deployed in support of the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade.

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Maciel’s decorations include the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

The incident is under investigation, officials said. Maciel’s death marks the third U.S. fatality in Afghanistan this year.

The 1st SFAB arrived in Afghanistan earlier this year to advise Afghan forces below the corps level as part of the Trump administration’s strategy for ending the longest war in U.S. history. Their work puts them closer to the front lines than most U.S. troops have been in years, which has sparked concern that more U.S. causalities could result.

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