Foley Airman Killed In Afghanistan

Air Force Lt. Colonel Mark Stratton step-father Buddy York talked to us about his family's loss.

"Mark was just an all around wonderful person," says York. "The three things that were more important to him were God, his family and the military."

The Foley High School graduate, husband and father of three was killed in Afghanistan on Memorial Day while leading a convoy from a U-S command center to a remote air base miles away.

"I just talked to his wife, Jennifer and she's heart-broken. She just lost a husband and a father."

There are conflicting reports of how Stratton died. The Associated Press reports Stratton was killed in a suicide bombing when a car loaded with explosives slammed into the convoy. But York says he received a letter from the Pentagon stating Stratton died when his Jeep hit an "IED." Stratton family says regardless of how he died, they're proud of his military accomplishments and will miss him.

"He died doing what he wanted to do."