Justin Garrett Boyes was leading a foot patrol of Afghan National police through a district heavily populated by Taliban Wednesday morning when the ground exploded beneath him.
Lieutenant Boyes, a 26-year-old father who had just arrived for his second tour of duty in Kandahar 10 days ago, did not survive the blast. Two other Canadian soldiers were injured when the device planted by insurgents detonated at about 9 a.m. They are expected to recover. But Lt. Boyes, the platoon commander for a police mentoring unit based out of the PRT in Kandahar city, was too badly wounded.
| May the wounded heal well and quickly. And may the Lieutenant's sacrifice prove to have led to victory. |
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