Remains of the mayor of Utah, killed in the service of the Guard in Afghanistan, to reach the United States

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Remains of the mayor of Utah, killed in the service of the Guard in Afghanistan, to reach the United States







The remains of a National Guard soldier and Utah mayor were killed in Afghanistan He is expected to arrive in the United States on Tuesday during the weekend, according to the Department of Defense.



Major Brent R. Taylor, 39, who was died during a connoisseur The attack in Kabul on Saturday was the mayor of North Ogden, a husband and father of seven young children.



He served in the Utah Army National Guard based at the Joint Force headquarters in Draper, Utah, and completed two combat trips in Iraq, serving as convoy security commander and then as advisor to a national intelligence agency Iraqi, according to the biography in Website of the city of North Ogden. It was in its fourth deployment: a second tour of Afghanistan, according to the AP.



A worthy transfer of Taylor's remains is expected to take place early Tuesday morning at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Defense Department spokesman Colonel Rob Manning told reporters.



Another US service member who was injured in the attack is currently under medical treatment but in stable condition, according to a NATO statement.



Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch tweeted a photo with Taylor on Saturday, calling the soldier "a hero, a patriot, a wonderful father and a dear friend."







Upon the death of the mayor of North Ogden, Brent Taylor:



"Brent was a hero, a patriot, a wonderful father and a dear friend. The news of his death in Afghanistan is devastating. My prayers and my love are with Jennie and her 7 small children. Your service will always be remembered. " pic.twitter.com/UHHbhTciYo

- Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) November 3, 2018

Utah Governor Gary Herbert said in a statement that he was "disconsolate from the news" and that he felt "completely humiliated by the service and maximum sacrifice offered by this brave and selfless soldier."



"The whole Herbert family laments with this soldier's family and we pray that their burdens will be lifted, and that the hearts of all the inhabitants of Utahn will spread to comfort them in their pain," the statement said.



In its end Facebook publication On October 28, Taylor encouraged everyone to vote and everyone to unity.



"As the US prepares to vote in our own elections next week, I hope everyone at home will exercise their valuable right to vote, and whether Republicans or Democrats win, let us all remember that we have much more as Americans than we do. unite. " we split. "United we are, divided we fall". God bless the United States, "he wrote.









Taylor was elected mayor of North Ogden in 2013 after serving on the City Council since 2009. He earned a BA in Political Science from Brigham Young University and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Utah, according to the City of Utah website. North Ogden He was a current Ph.D. Candidate to the University of Utah in International Relations.



The approximately 17,000 residents of North Ogden are mourning the loss of the mayor of their city - the city government writes in a statement posted on your website that Taylor had "a profound influence on this community."





Francisco Kjolseth / The Salt Lake Tribune, through AP
Governor Gary Herbert speaks during a press conference on November 4, 2018, in Draper, Utah. Military officials say a commander in the Utah Army National Guard who was also the mayor of a city north of Salt Lake City was killed in Afghanistan. 

"He was the best of men with the ability to see potential and possibility in everything that surrounded him," the statement said. "We are blessed to have had him as our mayor."



"He had great love and vision for this community," he added. "He was a patriotic element and a shining example of what an American politician should be, we are grateful for his service to our city and our country, and his loss will be felt in the years to come."



Three internal attacks in three weeks.

The death of Taylor marks the third internal attack in Afghanistan in the last three weeks.



On October 18, a member of the Afghan forces. pointed prominent US and Afghan generals in Kandahar, assassinating the well-known provincial police chief, General Abdul Raziq, and wounding the US brigadistas. General Jeffrey Smiley, who was later transferred to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Also present during the chaotic attack was the chief general of the United States in command of all the US troops in Afghanistan who escaped unharmed.



The event has "deeply shaken the relationship between Afghan and American forces," according to a Investigation of the New York Times in the deadly internal attack.



Just four days later, a Czech soldier was killed and two others were wounded during another internal attack in the province of Herat, in western Afghanistan.



The number of internal attacks in Afghanistan peaked at 61 in 2012, but became rarer after the United States military established safeguards to protect US troops.





Luis Martinez of ABC News contributed to this Pentagon report.

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