County Honors its Fallen

A 1st Cavalry Division soldier who was hospitalized since a Nov. 12 suicide bombing in Afghanistan has died from his wounds, the Defense Department announced Wednesday. Sgt. 1st Class Allan E. Brown, a 46-year-old Takoma Park native, died at Walter Reed National Medical Center on December 6. Brown, who was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, is the third soldier to die as a result of the attack. Sgt. John Perry, 30, and Pfc. Tyler Iubelt, 20, died Nov. 12 of their wounds. DoD release.