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UPDATED 6:40 AM PT — Fri. Nov. 30, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence stood by as the remains of two U.S. servicemen, who were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan this week, returned home.
Pence attended Friday’s ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in honor of Army Captain Andrew Ross and Air Force Staff Sergeant Dylan Elchin.
Vice President Mike Pence watches as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Capt. Andrew P. Ross, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Ross, 29, of Lexington, Va., was killed Nov. 27, 2018, by a roadside bomb in Andar, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The men were killed on Tuesday, alongside Army Sergeant Eric Emond, when the heavily armored vehicle they were traveling in struck an IED.
The attack took place southwest of Kabul, where Taliban forces are gaining ground.
The servicemen were posthumously awarded several medals for their sacrifice, including the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal.