A soldier from Greer was one of two U-S Army casualties November 16 in the Afghanistan province of Paktika. Channing Hicks was 24 years old and died of injuries when the enemy attacked his unit with an I-E-D and small arms fire. Hicks was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
