FORT CARSON, Colo.~The Department of Defense says four Fort Carson soldiers have died of injuries suffered in an attack in Afghanistan.

Military officials say the soldiers died Thursday in Kandahar province after their vehicle was struck with a bomb.

The Defense Department identified the soldiers as 34-year-old Staff Sgt. Glen H. Stivison Jr. of Blairsville, Pa.; 28-year-old Spc. Jesus O. Flores of La Mirada, Calif.; 33-year-old Spc. Daniel C. Lawson of Deerfield Beach, Fla.; and 19-year-old Pfc. Brandon M. Styer of Lancaster, Pa.

All were assigned to the 569th Mobility Augmentation Company, 4th Engineer Battalion at Fort Carson in Colorado.

On Oct. 3, the post lost eight soldiers in a bloody attack in Afghanistan.