SPRINGFIELD, ILL. (AP) _ Two members of the Illinois Army National Guard have died this week while serving in Afghanistan.
Forty-one-year-old 1st Lt. Derwin Williams of Glenwood and 35-year-old Spc. Chester Hosford of Ottawa were killed Monday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kandu.
Williams worked as a correctional officer with the Cook County Sheriff's Office.
His wife says he'd served in Iraq for one year in 2004 and was slated to return from his tour in Afghanistan in August.
Williams also is survived by three daughters.
Hosford was a former marine on his first National Guard deployment.
He was single.
Hosford was a former Minnesota National Guardsman who had lived in Hastings, MN.
Thirty-two members of the Illinois guard have been killed since the U.S. went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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