WASHINGTON — An Army Ranger from East Texas has died in an enemy attack in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon identifies the dead soldier as 23-year-old Sgt. Tanner S. Higgins of Yantis. The Pentagon statement Sunday says Higgins died Saturday in Logar province of eastern Afghanistan when his unit came under enemy small-arms fire.
Higgins was assigned to 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, at Hunter Army Airfield, Fort Stewart, Ga.
