US Army Staff Sergeant Edward D. Mills Jr., age 29 from New Castle, Pa., was killed in action in Kandahar, Afghanistan on 26th May 2011 when his unit was struck by an insurgent bomb.
SSgt. Mills served with the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
His body arrived at Dover Air Force Base on Saturday 28th May 2011.