Soldier wounded in November suicide attack on Bagram Airfield dies

A 1st Cavalry Division soldier who had been 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 Maryland native, died at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Tuesday, the release said.

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.
Two American contractors also were killed in the attack, and 15 American troops and one Polish soldier were wounded.

The incident happened around 5:30 a.m. Nov. 12 on Bagram Airfield. The attack was carried out by an apparent suicide bomber, officials said. The Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attack, with a spokesman for the insurgent group claiming the attack had been planned for four months.
The Fort Hood, Texas-based soldiers had been in Afghanistan since September supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel, which replaced Operation Enduring Freedom following the end of U.S.-led combat operations in Afghanistan.