United States

Yvonne Selke and Emily Selke

Jen Psaki, the State Department spokeswoman, confirmed that three Americans had been killed and identified two of them as Yvonne Selke, 58, of Nokesville, Va., and her daughter, Emily Selke, 22.

In a family statement, Raymond Selke, Ms. Selke’s husband, said: “Our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of Yvonne and Emily Selke. Two wonderful, caring, amazing people who meant so much to so many.”

Yvonne Selke, who was taking a European vacation with her daughter, was an employee of Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington for nearly 23 years. “Yvonne was a wonderful co-worker and a dedicated employee who spent her career with the firm supporting the mission of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,” which coordinates satellite-based mapping for the Pentagon, said a company statement released by Betty Thompson, an executive vice president.

in May 2014 and said she was “a great friend, a caring member, and able to make us all smile.”

The younger Ms. Selke was a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts and an alumna of Drexel University, where she studied the music industry, according to her LinkedIn page . At school she was a member of a sorority, the Zeta chapter of Gamma Sigma Sigma, that named her " member of the week"