A Midland Park man who served in the U.S. Navy was killed in Afghanistan.

Kevin Yali, 27, died Wednesday, according to his obituary. He was deployed four separate times.

Yali was killed by a mortar, borough Mayor Harry Shortway Jr. said.

“I knew him since he was in high school,” Shortway said. “We’re shocked that he was killed in Afghanistan by a mortar round. He was a very likable kid, believe me. I can’t say anything bad about him.”

Flags in the borough have been ordered at half-staff through Thursday, Shortway said.

Yali was close friends with Shortway’s niece at Midland Park High School. He wrestled at the school and made the All-Bergen County wrestling team as a senior in 2009.

Yali was born in Paterson but had lived in Midland Park for 19 years.

“The whole town feels upset about the incident,” Shortway said. “We lost one of our great kids.”

Visiting will be at Vander Plaat-Vermeulen Memorial Home in Franklin Lakes on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m., with a service at 8.

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