WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Department of Defense said in a press release it has identified the servicemen who died while being deployed to Kuwait on Wednesday.
"Tech. Sgt. David Board, 49, of Barboursville, West Virginia, died August 2 in Kuwait in a non-combat-related incident while deployed in support of combat operations," the release stated on Thursday.
Board was assigned to the 130th Airlift Wing at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in West Virginia, according to the Defense Department.