According to the Department of Defense, Capt. Matthew D. Roland, 27, of Lexington, died of wounds suffered Aug. 26 when the vehicle he was traveling in was attacked near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan. Capt. Roland was assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
Roland was the 44th Kentuckian killed in Afghanistan since October 2001. To date, there have been 2,363 Americans killed in the war-torn country.
Interment services for Capt. Roland will be held Friday at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
