aghanistan embed, korengal Valley, Afghanistan

Sgt. John Clinard, left, and Jay Liske, right, and other soldiers from the 173rd, Battle Company, carry the body of Sgt Larry Rougle, of Utah, towards the medevac helicopter along the abascar ridge in the mountains of Kunar. Rougle was killed less than an hour prior while their unit, a scout team, was standing guard at the furthest tip of a ridge, and was ambushed by the Taliban. Two other soldiers were shot and wounded: Sgt. Kevin Rice and spc. Carl Vandeberge, and were medevaced out for surgery minutes before. october 23, 2007.