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  • Cannon airman laid to rest in Virginia

    24th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs|Updated Jan 26, 2019

    HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. — More than 350 people attended Thursday’s military funeral for Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin, a Special Tactics combat controller assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Elchin, along with U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Ross and U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Emond, were killed in action when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan on Nov. 27 while deployed in support of OPERATION Freedom’s Sentinel. U.S. Army Sgt. Jason McClar...