Air Force officer from Foley killed

FOLEY, Ala. - An Air force officer from the Foley area was killed by a suicide bomber on Memorial Day.

Lt. Col. Mark Stratton was one of three U.S. Troops killed in the blast. He was 39-years-old and a career military man. He was working at the Pentagon before being deployed to Afghanistan in November.

He leaves behind a wife and three kids in Washington D.C.
His brother, mother and step-father live in Foley.

Stratton graduated from Foley High School went to college at Texas A&M. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

FOX10 News reporter Hubert Tate talked to Lt. Col. Stratton's family. He'll have that story tonight on FOX10 News at 5:00 p.m.