Washington (CNN) The Pentagon on Wednesday identified the three US service members killed in Afghanistan earlier this week.

Army Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond and Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin were killed Tuesday when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device near the city of Ghazni, Afghanistan.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack -- the deadliest against US service members in Afghanistan since 2017 -- calling the tank "completely destroyed."

The incident remains under investigation, according to a news release from the Department of Defense on Wednesday.

Ross and Emond were assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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