Victims of insurgent attack identified

A Navy nurse and a civil engineer were killed while on duty in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Saturday.

Lt. Florence B. Choe, 35, of El Cajon and Lt. Francis L. Toner IV, 26, of Narragansett, R.I., were killed Friday when an insurgent dressed as an Afghan soldier opened fire at Camp Shaheen at Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. A third member of the U.S. military was wounded in the attack but has yet to be identified.

The insurgent killed himself, officials said.

Choe had been assigned to the Naval Medical Center in San Diego.  Toner had been assigned to Naval Facilities Command in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The Navy has had 28 fatalities in Afghanistan since 2002. The Navy has 2,606 personnel in Afghanistan, including 50 at Mazar-e-Sharif.

-- Tony Perry

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[Keith Duesterheft]

It's early on the 4th our independence day, and looking at and reading about our HEROES like Lt. Florence B. Choe just saddens me and at the same time fills me with pride and hope for the future of this great country. My heart and prayres goes out too Lt. Florence B. Choe's family, and all uor fallen heroes that have made the ultimate sacrifice, so that we cn be free. GOD BIESS AMERICA