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November 20, 2012
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Penn Valley soldier Walden to return today

One of Penn Valley’s favorite sons is coming home. U.S. Army Spc. Brandon Walden, a 20-year-old Penn Valley native who suffered life-threatening gunshot wounds after being attacked July 3 by an Afghan man wearing an Afghan National Security Forces uniform, is slated to return to western Nevada County Tuesday. Walden and his mother Laura Cummins, who has been away from her Penn Valley home since rushing to her son’s bedside in July, are scheduled to arrive at the Sacramento International Airport at 1 p.m. on United Airlines fight 1191. Western Nevada County residents, who have contributed to a swell of …

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The Union Updated Nov 20, 2012 10:23AM Published Nov 21, 2012 02:19PM Copyright 2012 The Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.