An Army Ranger stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah has been killed in Afghanistan.
Spc. Jonathan K. Peney was 22-years old and from Marietta, Ga.
The Department of Defense says Spc. Peney died June 1 in Kandahar province of wounds sustained when he was shot by enemy forces.
News 3 has learned Peney was a Medic, trying to help another injured soldier when he was shot.
Peney is the first Medic from the Battalion to be killed in the line of duty since 1989.
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