A special ceremony dedicating a bridge on U.S. 166 east of Arkansas City as the Sgt. Tyler A. Juden Memorial Bridge was held Saturday in the Wright Room at Cowley College. The 23-year-old Juden was was killed when enemy forces attacked his unit with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire near Turan, Afghanistan on Sept. 12, 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. He was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan as a sniper for the US Army’s 82nd Airborne division.
Source: The Arkansas City Traveler
