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KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany The two soldiers killed in a car accident last week near Landstuhl were young army officers who had served in combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The army identified the soldiers as Captains Brandon W Fuhrman, 30 and Douglas J Wercinski, 31.
Both were assigned to Headquarters Battery, 10th Air Force and Missile Defense Command, as the agents of the plans, said the 10 AAMDC in a statement.
The soldiers died at the scene of the accident on April 6 on the L363 between Landstuhl and Bann.
German police have yet to determine who was driving the BMW M3, which was found down an embankment in the forest below the road the car was traveling about 190 km / h about 118 miles per hour at the time the accident, Landstuhl Police detective said Wednesday.
One man was thrown from the car when he crashed a woman from Latvia who was a passenger in the car and had to be cut from the vehicle by lifeguards, remains hospitalized, said the detective.
Fuhrman was Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Hempfield High School in 2004, according to an obituary published Wednesday on Lancaster Online He obtained a degree in history from Dickinson College in Carlisle, he attended a ROTC scholarship It received his commission in 2008.
Fuhrman deployed to Iraq in 2010 and Afghanistan in 2013, according to the army His awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Commendation Medal Army Achievement Medal of the Army, the NATO Medal and badge Footman fight.
He is survived by his wife and a girl aged 9 months.
A fund has been set up to raise funds on its behalf to help soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the obituary.
Wercinski was born in Texas and joined the army in 2007, according to the army His previous assignments include Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Stewart, Georgia, he was deployed to Iraq in 2009 and Afghanistan in 2013 prices include the Bronze Star Medal, the army Commendation Medal, the army excellence Medal and the NATO Medal.
The unit of soldiers tentatively plans a memorial service for April 22 time and place still to be determined.
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