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Seabee killed checking road in Afghanistan

A Seabee working with a provincial reconstruction team in Paktika province, Afghanistan, was killed Wednesday while assessing a route, according to a Defense Department release.

Chief Builder (SCW) Raymond J. Border, 31, of West Lafayette, Ohio, was assigned Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 74 in Gulfport, Miss. His parents told the Sun Herald newspaper of Gulfport that Border was inspecting a road for a convoy to pass and had stepped out of his vehicle when a bomb went off.

Border enlisted in September 1999, and made chief in 2009, personnel records show. His awards include a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and three Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals.