Tony Overman / The Olympia via AP

Sgt. Edwin Claudio salutes his fallen friends during a memorial service for Sgt. Jason Weaver and Spc. David Fahey Jr. at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord North Chapel on Wednesday, March 23. Claudio was injured in the explosive blast that killed Fahey, who was driving the vehicle they were in.

A soldier injured by a roadside bomb mourns others lost in Afghanistan

It hurts to look at this image. Photographer Tony Overman of The Olympian captured it during a memorial service for two soldiers who were killed in separate roadside bomb attacks in Kandahar province in Afghanistan. Both soldiers Spc. David Fahey Jr. and Sgt. Jason Weaver were assigned to the 170th Military Police Company of the U.S. Army.

Read about the soldiers who were lost.

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