Virginia Soldier Missing

Fort Bragg, NC (AP) -- The Pentagon said a member of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina remains missing after being ordered on a resupply mission in Afghanistan two weeks ago.

A Pentagon statement said Sgt. Brandon Islip, 23, of Richmond, Va., has been missing since the encounter in Bala
Murghab, Afghanistan on Nov. 4. The Defense Department had already announced that Sgt. Benjamin Sherman, 21, of Plymouth, Mass., was killed while engaged in the mission.

Both soldiers were based at Fort Bragg as members of the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.