Two Fort Stewart soldiers were killed in Afghanistan.
25 year old Sgt. Joshua A. Born of Niceville, Florida and 22 year old Cpl. Timothy J. Conrad Jr. of Roanoke, Va. died Feb. 23, in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their unit came under small arms fire.
They were assigned to the 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Stewart, Ga.
According to an interveiw she did with WPSD-TV in Paducah, Kentucky, Joshua Born's wife lives in Illinois, and found out about her husband's death not through military channels, but when someone sent her a text message.
"It's crazy how I found out," said Megan Born.
"She got a text from an army wife on post who had heard," said Cindy Parker, Megan's mother.
He'd been shot to death in the chest near the military police post in Afghanistan where he worked.
"We didn't quite believe that anything happened to him. We thought it was just a mix-up," said Parker.
Parker said she and her daughter started making calls.
They'd just talked to Josh hours before. He'd told them the violence was getting worse.
"Somehow it had leaked out and somebody told her on Facebook," said Parker.
Parker said another Army wife posted information about Josh's death on Facebook. That's how the news spread.
"Finally, a major called her and let her know that Josh had been shot, that he didn't make it through surgery," said Parker.
"There's been people adding me on Facebook that I don't even know just so they can tell me they're sorry," explained Megan.
The Army is investigating how information about Josh's death was leaked.
Megan and her mother are heading to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where Josh's body will arrive Sunday.
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