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US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa

Army Staff Sgt. Joshua M. Mills

When Joshua M. Mills was young, he aspired to two careers, and only one was in the military.

"He wanted to be a paleontologist," said his older brother, Quent. "He loved dinosaurs."

But he also loved being a Green Beret. Mills graduated from the Silva Magnet High School in his hometown of El Paso, Texas, where he was reportedly a member of the Junior...

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