 His family were with him when he died.Captain Tom Jennings, Royal Marines, whose death was announced separately by the Ministry of Defence, had been travelling in the same vehicle.On 30 December, Private John King, aged 19, from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment was taking part in a partnered foot patrol with Afghan National Security Forces to increase security around the village of Llara Kalay, in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.The patrol had identified insurgents in the area and had begun to search and clear a number of compounds in the village.