Military deaths

The Defense Department last week identified the following U.S. military personnel who died in Afghanistan or at a U.S. military hospital of their injuries:

Clark A. Corley Jr., 35, of Oxnard; sergeant first class, Army. Corley was among three soldiers killed Dec. 3 when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in central Afghanistan’s Wardak province, west of Kabul. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Ryan M. Lumley, 21, of Lakeland, Fla.; specialist, Army. Lumley was among three soldiers killed Dec. 3 when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in central Afghanistan’s Wardak province, west of Kabul. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Thomas J. Mayberry, 21, of Springville, northeast of Bakersfield; specialist, Army. Mayberry was among three soldiers killed Dec. 3 when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in central Afghanistan’s Wardak province, west of Kabul. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Ryan D. Sharp, 28, of Idaho Falls, Idaho; sergeant, Army. Sharp died Dec. 3 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries suffered Nov. 21 when a roadside bomb exploded near him while he was on patrol in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kan.

Sources: Department of Defense, Associated Press