FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- The mother of a Fort Campbell soldier from eastern Kentucky said her son, who was killed in Afghanistan, wanted to be a soldier since he was little.

The Defense Department confirmed 23-year-old Spc. Jeremy Gullett of Greenup, Ky., was one of two 101st Airborne Division soldiers killed Wednesday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. The other fatality was Staff Sgt. Kevin Roberts of Farmington, N.M.

Both were assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Fourth Brigade Combat Team at Fort Campbell, a sprawling Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line.

Gullett's mother, Cheryl Gullett, said her son leaves a wife and the couple's 21-month-old daughter.

Gullett was also adopting his wife's 6-year-old daughter.

An uncle, Ron Gullett, told the newspaper that the family had been told the soldier's remains would arrive in a week to 10 days.

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