TRAVERSE CITY -- The Defense Department has confirmed the death of another west Michigan Soldier in Afghanistan. Twenty-two year old Sgt. Dillon Foxx of Traverse City was killed Friday when his unit was hit with the shrapnel from an improvised explosive device.

Foxx was assigned to the 82nd Airborne based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Congressman Pete Hoekstra issued this statement. "Sgt. Foxx was a brave young man who sacrificed his life as he defended his country…he will not be forgotten."