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Rains County man among dead in Afghanistan helicopter crash

By Kevin Jefferies/Brad Kellar

Afghanistan/Emory – A Rains County man was one of 3 Halliburton subsidiary workers that died in last week's helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Services are pending for 46 year old Ronald Wayne Wade, whose identity was released yesterday as one of 18 people killed when a Chinook went down during a sandstorm in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Wade is also an A&M-Commerce alum. Memorials can be made to the Believer's Baptist Church in Emory.

Click here to listen to Brad Kellar's report.