The remains of a Colorado soldier who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this week arrived in the United States early Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Defense says Spc. Gabriel D. Conde, 22, of Berthoud, was killed on April 30 by small arms fire in Tagab District, Afghanistan.
Thursday morning the military honor guard conducted a dignified transfer of his remains at Dover Air Force Base.
Conde enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 2015 in Berthoud after spending a year studying at the Colorado School of Mines, and had been assigned to the U.S. Army Alaska since April 2016. He enlisted after going to the Colorado School of Mines for a year.
Before that, he wore maroon at Berthoud High as a long distance runner.
He wore the maroon beret of the airborne infantryman and served in the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Conde deployed with the brigade to Afghanistan in September 2017 in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel.