JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) -- Joint Base Lewis-McChord is holding a memorial service Wednesday for a soldier who was killed May 31 in Afghanistan.
The Defense Department said 47-year-old Staff Sgt. Alexander G. Povilaitis of Dawsonvile, Ga., was killed by a roadside bomb.
He was assigned to the 570th Sapper Company, 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, which deployed in July.