Hilda Clayton, a combat photographer in the U.S. Army, was documenting a live-fire exercise in Afghanistan when without warning a … She was in the 55th Signal Company, Combat Camera Unit, 21st Signal Brigade, Fort Meade, Maryland. She was assigned to the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), 21st Signal Brigade, Fort George G. Meade, Md. Hilda Clayton. Spc. Nearly four years ago, Spec. She took a photo in the split-second between when a mortar tube accidentally exploded and the blast killed her and four Afghan soldiers. Spec.

Specialist Hilda I. Clayton died in Langham province, Afghanistan on July 2, 2013 during a live-fire training exercise. Hilda I. Ortiz Clayton (May 21, 1991 – July 2, 2013) was a U.S. Army Hilda I. Ortiz Clayton (May 21, 1991 – July 2, 2013) was a U.S. Army combat photographer who was killed in 2013 when a mortar exploded during an Afghan training exercise. Nearly four years ago, Spec. Hilda was born on May 21, 1991 in Augusta, GA., and attended and graduated from Westside High School in 2009. Hilda Clayton's life. Hilda I. Clayton, 22, of Augusta, Ga., died July 2, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, of a non-combat related incident that occurred in Qaraghahi, Afghanistan. She captured the explosion that killed her and four Afghan soldiers. Hilda Clayton, a combat photographer in the U.S. Army, was documenting a live-fire exercise in Afghanistan when, without warning, a … The incident is under investigation. Eleven other people were injured. Clayton, 22, was killed in the blast, along with an Afghan military photographer she was training and three Afghan National Army soldiers.