The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. April 12, 2017 Pentagon: Soldier Killed in Afghanistan was Mark De Alencar ----------------------------------------------------------- The Pentagon is preparing to deploy 300 marines to Afghanistan's Helmand Province. On Monday, the Pentagon also identified the U.S. Special Forces soldier who was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday as 37-year-old Mark De Alencar from Edgewood, Maryland. .