PRATTVILLE, Alabama -- The Department of Defense today released additional details on the combat death of 2001 Prattville High School grad Nick Hensley, 28.



The DoD said Specialist Hensley was injured when his unit was attacked on June 15 in Kandahar, Afghanistan by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device.

Hensley died on Friday from those injuries at a hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. Friends say his parents, his wife and his sister were with him when he died.

Hensley had been assigned to the 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, based in Fort Riley, Kansas. He worked as a scout.