A soldier from Western Pennsylvania who was injured by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan last week has died, the Department of Defense said.Army Sgt. Jason Mitchell McClary, 24, of Export, Westmoreland County, died Sunday in Landstuhl, Germany, five days after the explosion in the Ghazni province.McClary is the fourth service member to die from the blast, which also killed Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin, of Beaver County. It was the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan this year.McClary was assigned to 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, out of Fort Carson, Colorado. He leaves behind a wife, Lillie, and two sons under the age of 3."He over-spoiled them. He over-loved them," Lillie McClary told Pittsburgh's Action News 4. "He would go into their room and take them out of their bed and bring them into our bed, and he was absolutely fantastic, and he was so nervous about the idea of having kids, but as soon as we had them it was so natural for him."Lillie McClary was in Germany with her husband and will fly back soon.She said he poured his heart into everything he did, loved his country and was a good man."He was like an onion. He had layers; you had to peel them back. And whenever you peeled back another layer, it was something amazing behind that layer," she said. "And overall, this man, he was incredible."The military has not said when McClary's body will be returned to the U.S.

A soldier from Western Pennsylvania who was injured by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan last week has died, the Department of Defense said.

Army Sgt. Jason Mitchell McClary, 24, of Export, Westmoreland County, died Sunday in Landstuhl, Germany, five days after the explosion in the Ghazni province.


McClary is the fourth service member to die from the blast, which also killed Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin, of Beaver County. It was the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan this year.

McClary was assigned to 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, out of Fort Carson, Colorado. He leaves behind a wife, Lillie, and two sons under the age of 3.

"He over-spoiled them. He over-loved them," Lillie McClary told Pittsburgh's Action News 4. "He would go into their room and take them out of their bed and bring them into our bed, and he was absolutely fantastic, and he was so nervous about the idea of having kids, but as soon as we had them it was so natural for him."

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This is Sgt. Jason McClary. He was 24-years-old. He leaves behind a wife, his high school sweetheart, and two young boys. #WTAE pic.twitter.com/DxEkLXeFy6 — David Kaplan (@DKaplanWTAE) December 3, 2018

Lillie McClary was in Germany with her husband and will fly back soon.

She said he poured his heart into everything he did, loved his country and was a good man.

"He was like an onion. He had layers; you had to peel them back. And whenever you peeled back another layer, it was something amazing behind that layer," she said. "And overall, this man, he was incredible."

The military has not said when McClary's body will be returned to the U.S.