Indiana Marine Among 4 Killed In Afghanistan

RICHMOND, Ind. -- A 22-year-old Marine from Richmond was killed Saturday in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Layton Bradly Crass was one of four Marines from a unit based at Twentynine Palms, Calif., who were killed in the attack.

The attack in Farah Province in southwest Afghanistan was the worst single attack on U.S. or coalition forces in Afghanistan this year. The Marines were in southwestern Afghanistan to help train the country's fledgling police.

Crass had been in Afghanistan since April. He graduated from Richmond High School in 2005.

Funeral services are pending.

Crass is the 18th member of the armed services from Indiana to die in Afghanistan or Pakistan since U.S. anti-terrorism operations began there in late 2001.

The other three Marines who were killed are Sgt. Michael Toussiant-Hyle Washington, 20, of Tacoma, Wash.; Pfc. Dawid Pietrek, 24, of Bensenville, Ill.; and Pfc. Michael Robert Patton, 19, of Fenton, Mo.