DAYTON — A Germantown Marine was killed Tuesday in Afghanistan, according to his family.

Details of how Adam Jones, a 2000 graduate of Valley View High School, died had not been released. His family said they were not ready to discuss the details of his death.

On his Facebook page, Jones said he was a 60mm mortar squad leader.

According to the Valley View School District website, there are 68 Valley View alumni soldiers serving, with at least nine in Iraq and two in Afghanistan.

Jones is the second Miami Valley native to be killed in Afghanistan this year. Trotwood-Madison graduate Donald Mickler died in March when an a member of the Afghan security force opened fire on a group of soldiers.

In other developments in Afghanistan:

Eight U.S. troops and an American contractor died Wednesday after an Afghan military pilot opened fire in a meeting — the deadliest episode to date of an Afghan turning against his own coalition partners, officials said.

It was the seventh time so far this year that members of the Afghan security forces, or insurgents impersonating them, have killed coalition soldiers or members of the Afghan security forces.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

DAYTON — A Germantown Marine was killed Tuesday in Afghanistan, according to his family.

Details of how Adam Jones, a 2000 graduate of Valley View High School, died had not been released. His family said they were not ready to discuss the details of his death.

On his Facebook page, Jones said he was a 60mm mortar squad leader.

According to the Valley View School District website, there are 68 Valley View alumni soldiers serving, with at least nine in Iraq and two in Afghanistan.

Jones is the second Miami Valley native to be killed in Afghanistan this year. Trotwood-Madison graduate Donald Mickler died in March when an a member of the Afghan security force opened fire on a group of soldiers.

In other developments in Afghanistan:

Eight U.S. troops and an American contractor died Wednesday after an Afghan military pilot opened fire in a meeting — the deadliest episode to date of an Afghan turning against his own coalition partners, officials said.

It was the seventh time so far this year that members of the Afghan security forces, or insurgents impersonating them, have killed coalition soldiers or members of the Afghan security forces.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.